At mile 1432.7. Hiked 20.3 miles today. I spied a rookery with large storks of some sort nesting all over a dead tree. Occasionally a stork would spread its large wings and take off in flight. It would swoop back with a long stick in its beak to be woven into one of the platform sized nests. I made the side trip to Burney Falls where I also stopped at the General Store to buy 2 ice cream bars and a little ice to keep my 50 sausages cool (now...

At mile 1412.4. Hiked 18.8 miles today.   I’ve struck trail magic in Northern California! Yesterday, I had an anonymous cooler full of cold sodas and snacks on the Hat Rim. Today, Tracy and John were waiting at a road crossing  for some lucky PCT hiker to come along. I was the lucky one. I had a Sprite and one of Tracy’s homemade brownies. And we were talking it turned out that Tracy had already accessed my blog via a link from PCTA.org. It was a hot day, but at least yesterday there...

At mile 1393.6 Hiked 23.9 miles today. I  hiked an early 7 miles to the Chevron Statiion in Old Staion where I managed a  limited resupply to get me to  Dunesmeir. I bought 50 precooked breakfast sausages. Maybe I should start the sausage challenge. Live off sausages  for 5 days of hiking. I l’ai bought stovetop stuffing and plan to use sausage with stuffing. I am inventing a new breakfast called the PCT. Porridge with Cooked Turkey sausage. The desert came to Northern California today at Hot Creek Rim. ...

At mile 1369.7. Hiked 19.4 miles today.  Here is King Creek crossing. Impossible to cross here with dry feet unless you remove your shoes. Here is where I crossed King creek using a log by walking upstream. Next I came to this boardwalk crossing a beautiful green wetland. I came to Twin Lake where I took a break and swam. The deer didn’t seem to mind. I walked along Twin Lake for a while. I walked through miles of burned forest that allowed many views of Mount Lassen. Mount Lassen is over 10,000 feet. Here...