Chester

Day 82

10 miles

Camped at mile 1340.6, North Fork of the Feather River

Resupplied in Chester, CA

Today we hiked a mile to the road and then hitched into Chester. Apparently Chester, CA is where Chuck Norris’ wife is from and they still have a house here. (According to Kevin’s dad!)

The hitch into town took a longer time but we managed to get a ride with a person who was coming up to their lake house for the weekend! Once we got into town we saw our group at the grocery store then met up at the town park after showers at the local laundry mat. We could hang out at the park all afternoon as the temperature rose higher and higher. There have been a lot of excessive heat warnings in the towns north of us and around us. It has been reminiscent of the desert heat which wasn’t my favorite but we make it through.

A local trail angel took us back to the trail after some of the heat died down. Her name is Drive Thru and she has been giving rides for about eight years. Her son hiked the PCT and since then she has been helping hikers. This is often many trail angels’ story of how they got involved with the trail.

We hiked about nine miles in to get closer to the Lassen NP border. We will have to hike all the way through it tomorrow because of the bear can requirements. I ended the day with a sandwich I packed out from the grocery store (they had gluten free bread!) and a new blister on my heel.