Day 2 Aug 5th

 

Feels like: Run It -by My Morning Jacket.

Today we hiked through a long valley. The forest was destroyed by a fire in 2014. There was no shade and plenty of Mountain white thorn ( one reason we where long pants)and Fireweed(a pretty flower). Once we got to shade we had a long breakfast (strawberry oats and cream) Then started climbing through lodge pole, white fir and Jeffrey pine. If the gps track is goofy today it is correct because we had to back track for water. Saw our first coyote mint and lupine today. They are very common hiking in Tahoe. Amazingly hot during the hike and another 3000 ft or more climb. We had to skip a cooked lunch because of bad information from a hiker we asked about water ahead "yeah a few minutes further". Nope, so we had brami and soy jerky ( two of my favorites) and saved water for drinking. Pushed on to camp and had Curry noodles for dinner at upper cathedral lake.  Cold at night, maybe 30's. Had to zip my sleeping bag halfway. I had to finish this post the next day because I was exhausted. And then I had to fix what I wrote last night. For the first time I didn't think about my stupid blow up pillow.

Bob