Well, we are back on the trail again after an unplanned rest stop in Sierra City.
We intended dropping into town, resupplying, & being back on the trail by lunchtime... But that didn't happen.
2 days after leaving Tahoe, Tom's new shoes had a blow-out... Well, the heel fell off of one of them. So we needed to get back to Reno to swap them out.
As always, our great trail-angel Stacie was there to give us a ride. A 4 hour round trip too, so we really appreciated her help.
Once the shoes were swapped, we got some shopping in the bigger city, then headed back to Sierra City... Well ' city' because lovely as it is, the population is just over 200.
Toms feet have been giving him some of the same sore blister problems I'd been suffering earlier, so we ended up deciding to spend the night camping at the church with some other thru-hikers, as well as provide some patronage to the great store there ( cold sodas... Aaah! ) & the bar, where a damn good BBQ chicken was on the menu.
This morning, feet rested & taped up to Egyptian mummy proportions, Tom & I hit the trail beginning with a 2500 ft climb out of the valley and up to the Sierra Buttes. From there we have mostly enjoyed fairly level ' ridge-running' ( not that we are running..) following the ridge-tops along through the pines.
Stopping for a short break just now, I took a few pix with my iPhone & used a great stitching app to create a panoramic of the view before me... Seeing as i also had a signal, i thought I'd get busy typing this too...So I hope it uploads & displays ok!
Catcha again soon.
RWK
Out.
