The miles have been flying by! It is hard to believe it was 12 days ago that we passed the halfway point. Now jsut past 1600 miles I am still in this huge state we call California. The Summer heat drove us West toward the coast and higher elevations in search of some relief... okay maybe the trail happens to take a turn southwest around Mt. Shasta toward the Trinity Alps and the Russian Wilderness, a beautiful surprise.
Now less than 100 miles from Oregon I am taking a day off in Etna to rest my feet and fill my stomach. At this point in the hike it can be intense to try to carry enough food for five days, it basically doubles the weight of my pack.
The hiking has been enjoyable and challenging. Burney Falls was an amazingly beautiful sight. We hiked the last 100 miles from Castella to Etna in three and a half days, you can do the math.
I had my sister ship my ipod to me with a bunch of podcasts for entertainment. One of the podcasts she loaded up is a spanish learning podcast. I have been picking it back up slowly and it is fun to try to have conversations with myself, and occasionally Honey Bear en espanol. I'll be fluent in spanish by the time I get to Canada. Muy Bien.
It is entertaining on the trail how the hikers get bunched up and spread out. I hiked for two days with Honey Bear, encountering only two or three other hikers breifly, but at the end of the second day we caught up to a group of nine other hikers and here in Etna we found many more. Arriving in Castella today are Nips and Wildflower, who took off some time, they are with a group of twelve that includes Peels and Beef Nugget whom I haven't seen in 900 mi and 1200 mi respectively.
Spud and I had a conversation the other day about how on the trail it feels like we measure time in miles. We rarely know what day of the week it is, until we need to pick up a package from the post office. Now as we push higher miles each day it feels as though the summer is flying by.
Now less than 100 miles from Oregon I am taking a day off in Etna to rest my feet and fill my stomach. At this point in the hike it can be intense to try to carry enough food for five days, it basically doubles the weight of my pack.
The hiking has been enjoyable and challenging. Burney Falls was an amazingly beautiful sight. We hiked the last 100 miles from Castella to Etna in three and a half days, you can do the math.
I had my sister ship my ipod to me with a bunch of podcasts for entertainment. One of the podcasts she loaded up is a spanish learning podcast. I have been picking it back up slowly and it is fun to try to have conversations with myself, and occasionally Honey Bear en espanol. I'll be fluent in spanish by the time I get to Canada. Muy Bien.
It is entertaining on the trail how the hikers get bunched up and spread out. I hiked for two days with Honey Bear, encountering only two or three other hikers breifly, but at the end of the second day we caught up to a group of nine other hikers and here in Etna we found many more. Arriving in Castella today are Nips and Wildflower, who took off some time, they are with a group of twelve that includes Peels and Beef Nugget whom I haven't seen in 900 mi and 1200 mi respectively.
Spud and I had a conversation the other day about how on the trail it feels like we measure time in miles. We rarely know what day of the week it is, until we need to pick up a package from the post office. Now as we push higher miles each day it feels as though the summer is flying by.
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