Castella to Burney Falls

Another week on trail. I think we are the slowest hikers on trail but we are getting there! No matter how many miles you do per day you're tired and sore at night.

The trail was...easier? Different? It was more conducive for us whatever the reason. We were able to meet our goal each day and exceeded it the last full day. Then woke up early the last morning and did our 13 remaining miles in 6 hours (FAST for us) so we would be sure to get to Burney Falls in time. Their hours just changed so if we didn't get there in time we'd have to wait 3 days to get our resupply. Pretty good incentive!

We met some great NOBO hikers and friendly folks this week. We even had a deer lead us to an available campsite!

It was so hot. After talking to locals and NOBO hikers we did some reconsidering of our plans for the next sections. The heat has been high 80s in the shade and it's supposed to get worse in the next leg. One hiker recommended to us to skip the next leg if possible due to high heat and exposed trail conditions. Locals comfirmed our concerns when they told us the typical weather is in the 100s.

I apologize. Doing the blog on my phone is challenging. We have so much to share about the photos but are unable to. Please ask us about them and we'll try to answer! Here is our attempt to share our week in photos...