PCT SOBO DAY 68 – MISSION: Post Office

Day 68

Home: Cache 22, Mile 1260.8

END: TENTSITE, MILLA 1287.1

Walked miles: 26.3 miles

Today I was on a mission. He had a package to collect at the old station, 20 miles away, but they closed at 3pm. I wanted to reach at least 2 pm to replace and send things if I needed it. That meant I had to walk fast.

I woke up early and said goodbye to the other hikers just after 6:30 am and started on my way. After the storm last night, there were still rain clouds that covered the sky. But, in the morning in the morning, everything was beautiful. While walking along the crest, the vibrant vegetables and the bright yellow of the short and scrubbed plants stood out as an impressionist paint. The cows moved and looked at me curious from a distance. Looking on the crest, I could see the valley below and the distant spikes of the Lassen National Park. It was impressive.

The path was also pleasant and easy, perfect for a day he needed to go quickly. I found two more caches of water and I was very grateful for them! Although the morning was cooled by the layer of storm clouds, the water helped immensely.

The morning passed quickly, and before realizing, I only had 4 miles to the post office. It was around noon and I was having enough hungry. Subway Cave Blue Blaze was there on my right, but I was too hungry to make additional miles. I had always heard good things about it, but I would only have to return at another time.

10 minutes later, I arrived at the old station service station and bought a good cold soda for lunch. A couple of snacks in my sandwich, a man approached me wondering if I was through a trip. It turns out that the path had walked 30 years ago when I was thirty years old. Wow! We had to talk about the path and its experiences and before realizing, we had lunch together. His daughter brought some food and spent a good amount of time exchanging stories.

Around 1 pm, it was my time to leave. I said goodbye and continued my last 3 miles to the post office. And what a jewel of place. It was one of the smallest postal offices I had seen, but the portfolio was incredible. He said he had trunks of hikers returning to the 70s! I picked up my packages, I discovered what I wanted to send for the future, and ended with my business just before 3 pm perfect! One of my packages was a walking package. They gave me a lot of sweets to help me follow the way. Thank you!

I sat in the next store for a couple of minutes, loading my electronics, when the rest of the hikers of Sobo rolled. The store was famous for its huge ice cream and milkshakes, so they immediately obtained their treats. He had too much sugar during lunch, so he had no appetite for ice cream.

I sat down and talked for a while before heading. I wanted to take a dip in the stream while the weather was still pleasant, so I told others that I would know them in the camp. Just when I started walking, a sun shower began. It was not so bad, but when I arrived in the stream, thunder rolled strong and deep.

I only put my feet on the stream for 2 minutes before rain drops began. I found a tree to hide and put my umbrella. It was a downpour! I stayed there for about 45 minutes while the rain and hail fell before the sky became lighter and the rain slowed. That was my signal to push the last 2 miles to the camp.

The sunset that greeted me on the site was beautifully colored. About 15 minutes later, Zee and John entered. Once again, we had dinner in the dark and then we joined a Nobo hiker that ended a section that had lost last year. When we all got into our tents, the sky was clear and the moon was brilliant.

And that is a day in the life of a PCT Sobo hiker!

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