Day 70
Zero day!!! No trail miles
It has been 27 days since our last zero so we hoped to savor this one! We slept in, drank lots of coffee and then Stu dropped us off in South Lake Tahoe. We had a few more errands to run before taking the bus to our hotel and meeting up with our friends. While walking around town, we ran into a friend, Sweetcakes, that Cheery-O and I had hiked with back in the desert. We were waiting to cross a street and saw him across the way. It was fun to reconnect after so many miles!
One goal I had for this zero day was to go swimming in Lake Tahoe! I love this lake and area. It is usually busy with people in the summer but it makes sense why everyone wants to be there! The lake is a deep blue color and surrounded by big mountains. We found a beach and went swimming before heading to the hotel to rest our feet and finish washing out and sewing up our gear. I sewed Kevin’s shirt again, he is sentimental about this shirt and it looks like a trash heap! (I say that in the most loving way possible 😂).
Kevin fixed our water bags, they both had sprung a leak and we need them before the warranty could get us new bags so we will see if our fix will hold on the trail.
At dinner we met up with the other three members of our group who had gotten off trail to visit family members. They caught up to us here in town so we all shared stories of our times apart and what we experienced.
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