NoCal

Thursday, July 17
Mile 1265, Bucks Lake

Donner Pass, glorious.

Well, a combination of being out of service most of the time, being social, and being way too exhausted at night to write has knocked me off the blogwagon. From here on out, updates will be fewer but hopefully just as fun! Fear not!

Rubik's trail magic. We spent all day chilling with him at Gold Lake. So much fun! Needed relaxation.

Today finds me lounging on the back deck of trail angels at Buck Lake, sucking on hella cough drops. I picked up a cold a couple days ago and it's kind of a drag... But didn't stop me from pulling a 29-mile day yesterday. We're gradually going nocturnal this stretch to deal with the heat and humidity in these green NoCal hills.

Watching the world cup playoffs in Sierra City!

Hiking at night, alone, in the forest, is a funny combination of terrifying, exciting, and peaceful. I'm getting more comfortable with the dark on this trip, though, which is something I've been wanting to get better about for years. I'll intentionally leave my headlamp off as long as possible and hike by feel.. It can be really lovely and meditative when I calm down enough to enjoy it.