September 20

Distance: 0 miles

Lunch: J&A – pretzel and ice cream (A+)

Dinner: J&A pizza, salad, and meatballs (A+)

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We did a lot of chores today. Laundry, gear repairs, gear replacement shopping, groceries, travel arrangements, phone calls, and more! It was very productive.

We feel rested and rejuvenated. Alex got new pants, as the old ones were stretched out and falling apart. New pants, new shoes, new water filters – we’re ready to tackle the High Sierra!

We got to play tourist for a bit, taking some time to check out Lake Tahoe and getting some donuts and ice cream amidst our errands. Jumping between trail-world and tourist-world felt jarring.

We’ll take another slow morning before getting back on trail tomorrow. We have arranged a ride with a local trail angel, so we don’t need to stress about how we get back to our semi-remote trailhead. Hopefully, we have time to upload all the blog posts…. we fell seriously behind with uploads for the past 2 weeks! That usually means we are too busy or exhausted, or (most commonly) have no service.