Day 29 – 9/20/19

23.4 miles / 614.6 total

The early morning on the end of Diablo Rim was filled with lovely colors. I wanted to linger for photos, but I also wanted to get miles in while the weather was still nice. Rain was once again in the forecast for later today, and I had a dry motel room waiting for me in town.

The walking was pretty straight forward back to primitive roads again, and I reached the split between the original ODT and the Christmas Valley alternate, which I am taking.

Once on the CV alternate, I climbed up and had great views back to the Summer Lake basin once again. I also chose to freestyle some of the cross country hiking and went up towards some power lines instead of down into a valley before meeting back up with the designated route, which again gave me some nice views.

The weather held until my last hour of walking into town and I once again got rained on. At least it was fairly warm this time, maybe 60deg?

I got in about 3pm. Being a small town on Sunday, no restaurants were open for supper so I got gas station fried chicken that was actually pretty decent and laid around in motel the rest of the day.

I wasn’t really hungry but felt I should eat a 2nd supper and got some snacks at the store. I will sleep in tomorrow as I have to wait for Post Office to open in the morning to get my resupply box before I can leave.