Spent last night (Monday July 7) at a campsite near Summit Lake junction. Coordinates: N40 deg 28.569', W 121 deg 22.759'. Called Shirley at 1:45p CA time today from Old Station, CA where I had a shower and washed out my hiking shirt. It is hot here and the terrain is totally different than what I have enjoyed for the past 7 weeks. I am hiking at lower elevations across swampy meadows and sandy (pain in the neck) ground. There are long, dry stretches through pine forests where the trees are all the same size - commercial-type, good for logging. The terrain is 'flat as a flitter.' I'll be hiking another 8 or 9 miles today before stopping for the evening. Will be getting into Burney Falls State Park tomorrow which is right on the trail.
Keep hiking,
Greybeard
