Destination: Etna Summit
Starting Location: Etna Summit
Today’s Miles: 0.00
Trip Miles: 1607.40
Etna – Zero
Great day in Etna and a real rest.
Sugar Daddy, Pang & Swiss Miss got in late morning & decided to hike on today. This strategy was not ideal for me because it put me in the smoke zone for an extra day & night. So I decided to go tomorrow morning and push the 56 miles to Seiad Valley in two days. Rolling Thunder, Tadpole the hippo, & Sunny are doing the same.
We watched Life Aquatic & ate microwave popcorn. It was a significant diversion from hiking each day and the mental break was healthy. Distance hiking, while physical, is mostly a mental game and to be able to turn the focus off even for a few brief hours seems to have recharged me.
The atmospheric conditions have deteriorated some what with regard to fire behavior. These conditions provide a greater potential for the fires to expand. However, they have not done so and we are going through the recommended closure.
Section hikers Richard & Doodle Bug got in & we had a nice time comparing notes on trail conditions but more importantly getting caught up on our friends
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Robert Francisco 
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