Lassen National Forest

Dave's Spot came in tonight, Thursday October 21st, at 6:00 pm. He is camping at PCT mile 1321. You can look at PCT Half Mile map California Section N page 5. He's camping near water.

http://www.pctmap.net/download/p/mapdl.html

You can also see Dave's Spot location:

http://www.findmespot.com/mylocation/?id=3ikzZ/40.20034/\-121.41888


Dave called in this morning around 8:30 after he hiked to the top of a 7000 foot mountain. He sounded great.

He did tell me that when he was at the Middle Fork of the Feather River (see blog with that title), it was raining. He decided to set up camp early that day and wait out the rain. He's really tired of rain after Washington.

Last night he got to Bucks Pass where he planned to camp, but there was no good spot to put his tent. It took a while to finally find a good spot to lay his head.

Although Dave has not seen any more bears, there is plenty of bear scat around. He saw two hikers yesterday who had just had a bear run in. These hikers reminded Dave of some trail angels in the area who he could call on in the next few days. He's coming to a stretch of trail that is low on water. Dave's been worried about having to carry extra water. The weight of extra water makes his day harder, but he wants to make sure he'll have enough to drink and eat.

Dave met half, exactly half, of the residents of Belden. There are 6 residents and he met 3 of them. Belden was a gold town, then a railroad town, then a water and power town, and now it's a music town. There is a Music Festival held there. Not a large festival, but music none the less.

Dave was able to stay in a cabin and was also able to do his laundry. When he went to the Post Office, it looked a lot like the cabin Dave was staying in, a little house. Inside, the Postal Employee was playing a flute. The Post Office is also a museum. He enjoyed looking at all the historical objects. He was even excited to see that some of their pieces he also owns. Dave loves stuff, especially old historical stuff!

Dave was getting cold standing on the top of the mountain, so we kept the call brief. He told me that the ground was white, frozen. He is now heading for the Drakesbad Guest Ranch at PCT mile 1353.3. He should get there by Saturday, just in time for more rain. In that area, Sunday and Monday are going to have constant rain. If the Guest Ranch will let him, he will stay there until Tuesday.

Trail Angel Jane