Wednesday, July 22. Low-60s and sunny going up to upper 70s.
Up at 7:00. On trail at 8:00.
Arrived at Quincy La Porte Road at 10:50. My ride arrived early at 11:15. Nice. My trail angels were a retired couple who live near Quincy. They gave me a tour of town before dropping me off at Safeway about 12:15.
Quincy is only at about 3400 feet, so it’s a lot hotter down here than on trail.
I did the small resupply shopping that I need and picked up beverages and snacks for the next 2 nights. I have a package at the post office that I’ll likely just bounce up the trail 1-2 weeks. It’s mostly breakfast food which I have plenty of to get me to Chester in 3.5 days.
Hiked a mile back into town and had a nice lunch at Salt & Sage, about a block from my room at the Feather Bed Inn tonight. Killing time until I can checkin at 3:00.
Checked into my nice expensive cottage for tonight. The county fair is going on per my trail angels. Hence why there are almost no rooms in town.
Washed a few clothing items in the sink. No laundromat in town again:(
I need to do a lot of detailed planning tonight so that Pitcrew can ship my next box. I need my Ursack (bear proof food storage) ASAP due to regulations in the upcoming forests. Also need to plan out my next set of meds and shoes.
Wild fires are not too bad near me, but as I approach Oregon things look grim.
I found out that the airtankers that I have been watching the past few days are just what I thought. Old McDonnell Douglas DC-10s flying out of Sacramento. Specifically, Very Large Airtankers (VLAT) capable of delivering over 8,000 gallons of fire retardant. They are relaying back-and-forth to the massive fires in Oregon.
Technical Notes:
- Protein Shake (10oz): 330 cal, 19g carb, 13.5g fat, 36g protein
- Banana Chips (18p, 30g): 150 kcal, 20g carb, 8g fat, 1g protein
- Banana Chips (18p, 30g): 150 kcal, 20g carb, 8g fat, 1g protein
- Mango (3-4p, 30g): 100 kcal, 25g carb, 0g fat, 0g protein per
- Mango (3-4p, 30g): 100 kcal, 25g carb, 0g fat, 0g protein per
- Twix 530
- Loaded scrambled eggs 500
- Town Food
- Water liters: 1
- Miles: 5
- Time: 2:52
- Up: 643
- Down: 922
- Calories consumed: LOTS
- Calories burned: 807
- iPhone battery used: 30%
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