July 17, Day 89: 1350.3-1373.5
Miles Hiked: 23.2
Gratitude of the Day: I’m thankful for small resorts right off trail.
I woke up and it was chilly for the first time in over a week. How fitting since I just mailed my puffy jacket, thermals and gloves home until I get to Washington. So the only way to warm up was to start hiking up the hill out of Warner Valley Campground. The day was rather uneventful as I walked thru Lassen National Park, the haze from the smoke obscured most of the views and you could barely make out Lassen Peak. I walked thru an old burn section of the trail, and there was some trees starting to grow back. I also saw my second bear on trail, it was a ways off which was fine by me, but looked rather large. Then all of a sudden outside of Old Station the forest came back but you could tell it was planted to be logged in the future because all the trees where equally spaced out and in rows. Seemed really odd not to see biodiversity. I made it into Old Station resort just off trail before it closed and got a cold coke, a butterfinger ice cream bar, chips and queso and beer. Just what a hiker wants after hiking all day.
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