Daily: 20.5
Total: 1089
Today was a long day, and surprisingly cold.
We woke up and actually got out of camp before 7:30. Then we climbed up and over The Nipple - seriously, that's what the map calls it. It didn't look much like a nipple from our vantage point. Anyway, up there it was really windy and cold.
We hauled to get down and caught Rocklocks and Mr. Fox at Lost Lakes, where they had camped. We hiked with them and Cricket pretty much all day. It was mostly rolling climbs today, and the better part of the day was snow-free, so we covered 10 miles by lunch. We made it to Carson pass, where the Volunteer Docents were very nice and gave us fruit and filled up our water bottles. They also talked to us for a long time, had tons of cool stories and suggestions on where to go in the Sierra.
Right when we were about to leave, Hotrod arrived. Noone had seen him since Yosemite, because he went down to see the Valley with Cricket and then hiked slower than Cricket out of the Valley. But he'd gotten lonely (apparently there's noone behind us for a day) so he hiked almost 20 miles to catch up today.
We left, hiked to a meadow with an old homestead of the Meiss family, then up and out into some snow. I have a weird headache that started mid aftrnoon, so these last few miles have been tough, plus my knee hurts really bad. But we made it to our destination, so I'm happy. We may try to get in and out of Tahoe tomorrow to save money and time, but we'll see.
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