Rt. 40 - Meadow Lake 7/26/10 19 miles

Hitched a ride into "town" this morning since we were camped near the road. Breakfast at the small store a couple of miles from the trail as the pan. We waited for about 20 minutes and a really nice lady picked us up. She gave us her info and told us to give her a call when we get to Lassen if we needed anything. Her cute lap dog, Shasta, sat on me on the way there, which really made me miss my little Scout man. We arrived at eh store at about 8:30am. Kiwi, Bacon and Meander, were already sitting on the front porch, enjoying breakfast. Kiwi was downing some ice cream before his sausage biscuits. Chris and I both had sausage, egg, and cheese biscuits and some other snacks. I topped my breakfast off with two chocolate milks and a Guiness- a first but not a last : ) Chris's breakfast dessert was an early morning yuegar bomb. We hitched a quick ride back to the trail, by a cool fella in a huge SUV, who picked up the five of us. WE hiked with our friends for a while and they passed us up, as we were both having some show problems. The day as nice with some good climbs and pretty views. We arrived at our destination with a nice fire that Kiwi, Meander and Bacon had going to help shew away the mosquitoes. had some good talking and laughing with everyone and headed to bed. We were all woken up by a loud crashing through the forest, with sticks cracking and leaves crushing. Meander, Bacon and Chris and I all shined lights simultaneously from our tents in the direction of the disturbing noise, all with fear of a bear in mind. Big relief, just a deer!! Sigh : ) -KB