Ups and Downs

May 9 - Day 8
7:40 PM - Wingit and I are camping about 4 miles short of Paradise Cafe on highway 74. We have spent the
last couple of days trying to pick up information about the Apache Canyon Fire. The PCT North of 74 has been closed for more than a week, and all of the hikers on the trail have been talking about when it might re-open.

We hiked for about 18 miles after finishing 14.5 yesterday. Although I'm not going as far as I did in the early going I am still tired at the nights.

May 8 - Days 7
2:30 PM - I'm sitting under a group of the last 3 oak tree in a burnt out valley about 12 miles North of Warner Springs. I'm hiking with Wingit (Katie) and Spiderwoman, and we stopped for a meal in the shade to skip the worst of the sun.

Yesterday we left Warner Springs at around 3:30 yesterday and put in an easy 4.5 miles before finding a sweet camping site by Agua Caliente Creek.

Before reaching camp we had run across another hiker, Nanuq, who had a ham radio with a 20 foot antenna set up across the trail. To the best of my understanding he was just trying to talk to his buddies.

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