Sorry in advance for this inevitably disjointed post. I am exhausted...and writing it during the commercial breaks during Julia Roberts' Sleeping with the Enemy, and oh Jesus. Her hair.
This was a "short" section, just 100 miles. We started at the Castle Craggs State Park. It was beautiful if buggy. We climbed out of the park and headed south for a few days. As we were mostly ridge walking we had some incredible views, that is until the smoke moved in. Don't worry though, the fires are allegedly in Oregon and not on the trail.
WeeBee's parents were doing trail magic at highway 3 and at the trailhead here in Etna. Their 1978 VW bus is one of my favorite sights on the trail.
Oh Lawd. The movie just ended. Have you seen Slwwping with the Enemy?!! What do you think happens when the cops get there?!!
Okay. Back to the trail. The trail felt very full during this section. At one point there were twelve (yes TWELVE!) hikers at a spring!!! I am not sure if this is because the "herd" has caught up, because this was the first water source in 14 miles, or because we all left town at about the same time, but there certainly were a lot of us.
I had some foot pain on the last two days of this stretch, but nothing compared to how they felt on Hat Creek Rim. It sounds like a lot of folks has feet troubles in that heat though, so that makes me feel a little better.
Today's zero was a great zero, charging me up for the trail. I am getting close close close to Oregon and Ashland! Can't wait!!!
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