Drakesbad Ranch - The Heitman's 8/6/10 23.6 miles

We woke up early with our bellies still full from lst night. The mornings are getting much cooler already. We had alittle climb in the morning and took a break after about 8 miles. I realized I had lost my Jade necklace from New Zealand. I was not happy. Hopefully it will come back to me. We had lunch after a very hot stretch. Had a nice view of Lassen park. Ten miles to go. Everyone was so excit4d about staying with the Heitman's. There was about 9 people including up when we got to the store where they picked up up. It was abot 5 pm and they said they would have dinner ready by 6pm. Perfect timing! It took a couple of rides to get everyone there. Sugar Mama took us las and we rolled up as everyone wqas eating. There was still plenty of food left. Lasagna, corn on the cob and bread pudding with whipped cream. A good dinner two nights in a row and it was nice. They had a great set up with an outdoor kitchen and garge with hiker supplies, shower, laundry, hiker camping with tents already set up and a treehouse with beds!! It doesn't get much better than this! Unfortunately the treehouse was already claimed. Kristi worked late getting the blog caught up and we finally went to bed at 11pm. Lat night for us. -CM