2192 Miles - 967,296 paces to go (FYI = 458 miles)

'Out with the old and in with the new'
(Third pair of boots so far!!)
"This is getting f..........g expensive!!"

But they (the boots) allow me see lots of this!
(this was just north of 'Donner Pass' - near Truckee!)

And this ....'Mules ears'

And this! near Sierra City

The Peter Grubb hut!

Would've stayed here but that would've required a boni-fide emergency!

(Didn't have the heart to cook up one!)

More awesome flowers - I think they're called  'Plyt'  and  'Plwt'
('pretty little yellow things'  &  'pretty little white things'!) 

Coach Sandy at work!

"Yup....I don't care if you don't want to......
.......You're going up there ....
...and you're doing it tomorrow!"

An enchanting piece coming into Sierra City!

the backsides of the Sierra Buttes

A tailgate party with my friends!
(met them where the trail crossed a back road)
They couldn't do enough for me!
(Actually it's pretty special when strangers do things like that!!)

On top of lookout rock!
( If I look uncomfortable .....it's because I was!)

......Ho Hum ....The tedium!.........
........Did I tell you I hate hiking??.....
(Tell me again why we're doing this!)

A respite at Belden  - 2nd stay in the 'Panda' cabin!
(Tick territory tomorrow - Oh Joy!)

When are the 'boys' coming on???
.....What's with this football sh...t?

Leaving Hwy 36.... (Near Chester)
(Note the crystallized sunshine!)

Coming into 'Drakesbad resort' - 5:30PM and getting dark!
(Thanks to 'Brook' for breaking trail)

A Christmas tree!
on the last leg of the trip in California!

A winter wonderland -
......on the way to 'Old Station'.....

Lenticular clouds over Mt Lassen
(indicates high winds)

Second growth forest just outside 'Old Station'

Actually its a 'tree farm'!

(If you look carefully you can see the 'grid' planting pattern!)

And goodbye to California!
Hallelujah!!

COACHES CORNER:

Things are changing!!

For a while it wasn't too bad......

We rented bikes for a ride on the shores of Lake Tahoe!

Checked out some old marine steam engines!....

We though about trying these luscious berries.....
......But didn't know (for sure) what they were...
...and we didn't really want to test our medical coverage just yet!

We passed!

All of a sudden the campgrounds were deserted!

dinner was happening after dark........

And we were waking up to this??
...In California??

So we started 'slumming'!

Nice digs!....
(but squeaky bed!)

Lovely washroom!
(It was actually all right!)

Crooked floor??

No Problem.....We just happened to have the equipment to fix that!

.......And be careful when you step out of the back door!.......
This guy was guarding the owners collection of chainsaws!

While on the trail we saw this nailed to a tree!!....

(....I think my head swelled three sizes that day!!)

And then while in town we checked out the 'plantation'

.....Checked the headstones and did the math...........very sobering!!

(I think my head shrunk three sizes that day!)

.....And then I checked out my granddaughter's picture .....
.....And all was well with the world again!
(Kaylee's new glasses!....so cute!)

This is a freebee!......"awe...."

Oh.....and here's another really, really, hungry cat!!

Good night...see you next post!!