Thursday, July 12, 2018 9:28 pm
Location: Burney Mountain Guest Ranch

I wasn’t really expecting to zero at the Burney Mountain Guest Ranch, but, that’s what I did.

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Mount Shasta
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 6:10 pm
Location: Burney Mountain Guest Ranch (1409.7 miles)

I was up late last night trying to do some catchup on blog posts, interspersed with some video editing, and wound up not going to sleep until after 11 pm. This meant I pretty much ignored my 6 am alarm, and got up at 7 instead. It was already warm out, which was good for getting out of my tent quickly, but bad for hiking today.

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Hat Valley
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 11:01 pm
Location: Cache 22 (1393.6 miles)

Quoi and I got up shortly after 6. Her foot was still hurting, but she was determined to hike today. Afterburners gave us a ride back to JJ’s Cafe on her way to work, and we got breakfast there — I got four of the largest pancakes I’ve ever had, and they were delicious.

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Monday, July 9, 2018 11:17 pm
Location: Old Station / Fire Fly’s Treehouse (1376.3 miles)

In theory, Quoi and I were supposed to get up at 5:30 to start hiking at 6:30, but yesterday’s hike tired us out more than we expected. Quoi was still asleep, and I was still in my sleeping bag, at 6:30. We didn’t actually start hiking until almost 8:30.

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Mount Lassen in the Morning Sun
Sunday, July 8, 2018 9:55 pm
Location: Lassen Volcanic National Park Northern Boundary (1365.5 miles)

My alarm went off at 3:30 as expected, and I managed to get up before the snooze timer rang the alarm again. It helped that it was fairly warm overnight. As a result, I was actually ready ahead of time, and we got started at 4:20, ten minutes early.

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