Update on October 31st

Dave was able to get a weak signal today, Monday November 1st. He was surprised that his Spot did not work, but it was raining last night and I think that interfers with the signal.

I had thought Dave would get to PCT mile 1439, but he stopped at 1437, just after a road by Peavine Creek. You would look at the same PCT Half Mile map, Section O page 2. It rained last night and again all morning.

When Dave called around 1:00, he said it had finally stopped raining. It was cold this morning, but has since warmed up. He's just cold from being wet. The trail is overgrown and of course not just damp, but soaking wet. Walking on the trail was drenching his feet and legs. Luckily there is a road that runs parrell to the trail, that is Summit Lake Road. He'll stay on that road as long as the trail doesn't wander more than 20 yards or so. If he walked just the road it would double his hike.

Tonight Dave is working on getting to PCT mile 1453. He is predicting to get into Castle Craigs State Park at PCT mile 1506.5 on Thursday. It will be just over 50 miles left to go after today.

Yesterday, at one point on the trail, Dave saw smoke. He rounded a curve in the trail and saw flames. He tried to call Shirley, the Ranger he recently met, but when he got no answer he called the Dietmans and Wolman answered. Wolfman said he'd call it in. As Dave walked, he realized that there were a handful of small fires. It looked like someone was burning wood throughout the woods, but no one was watching these fires as far as Dave could see. He kept walking to get out of the burining area. He did hear trucks today but believed these were logging trucks. We'll know more once we talk to Wolfman later in the week.

Trail Angel Jane