748.3 miles - We have visitors!! .......friendly and unfriendly!!

Darrell instantly regrets agreeing to share fuel costs.....
and.......he's concerned about the 'leg' bit!!

  And the first of our visitors!!
Larry!!

Flying over Mt. Rainier....
Larry blissfully assumes this good weather is going to follow him!
If only......!

He could have had this by staying home..
Wet ...cold....and dreary!
this is California???

But there's always a way to remedy any adverse situation....
Just set up inside another tent!

Much better.... sort of warmer..... ( a little)
time for a game of 'bones'

The second of our visitors!!
Doug & Jo-Ann

         Doug's got it figured out

Know's where he's going......         

complete with the necessary supplies.....!!

Our first hike......just above camp..
Stopped by snow??.....go figure!

 We are now north of the Sierra Nevada Mountains
......Trying to find some snow free sections of the PCT
Darrell and Larry try again at Hwy 70

The optimists.... silly people!

Soon run into tons of snow.......

Fallen trees.....no trail.....

@#*#!! ... creek crossings...with even worse conditions beyond!

And very unfriendly visitors to boot

Mr. Tick!!

So ......Mission is aborted again with a trip to the Quincy Regional Hospital instead!
Larry with two ticks to remove ... Darrell with one!

After very prompt and friendly Medical attention..
Larry gets to the important details....

What do you think Doc?.... Nice 'diamond calves' huh??
Well defined right??

Back to camp for everyone ......

"Hi everybody!!"

Check out some local attractions instead
.....The Subway Lava Tubes!

Doug & Jo-Ann at the entrance...
These things were formed when lava drained out of these tubes as things cooled down!

Sandy in the Middle..
It's pitch black down there.....
Turn off your flashlights and you see nothing!!

Some of the tubes even have 'ice' Stalagtites'....

And 'stalagmites'

Darrel and Larry try again after moving North of Mt. Lassen

Good travelling now!

Mt. Lassen behind them...

An Osprey nest..(I believe). can't see the young!

An ....Osprey nest.... 'SuperSized' ....just for PCT'rs

                     Coaches corners....

We're talking about the car of course!.......don't be silly!

The two musketeers tried to pull a D&D
they should've have known better.....
They paid!......

Doug and Jo-Ann
feeling strong!!

Doug and Jo-Ann after 20 minutes...??
....OK .... after a couple hours.. 

Finally on the PCT

Doug leading the charge!

going for it!!

These were really cool! .... not even a flower..
Some sort of fungus ...I believe!

Too bad someone didn't tell this guy!
I doubt there was much nectar to be had here!

OK ... That's not very far ..... let's check it out!

This is exactly what we found!    Great sense of humour!

Must have been a premonition  .... Sandy and John drowning their sorrows
Watching the Canucks....
In  a casino....
in Reno...

Don't know why ....but had this inexplicable urge to turn over cars...
set them on fire.....
break windows...!!

Weird!