Chief is somewhere between mile 1506 - 1606 (mile 1562 8/17 at 7pm)
Left him at trailhead early morning of July 16 (outside of Castle Crags State Park), walking to Etna (pick up point is at mile 1606)
After dropping him off, I had my first big driving adventure since I had left almost 2 1/2 weeks ago. The I-5! Wow. I have only been on backroads and old mtn roads. Never really traffic or getting that speedometer above 50! Holy crap. Lots of trucks and cars and gotta get used to this again. :(
Before heading to Etna to find a campground for the next 4 days of waiting for Chief, I decided to take Loy and John's (SB friends) offer to join them at their "Lake House." NICE. What a great decision I made. Copco Lake is a somewhere out there off of the I-5 going East from Montague. "Where is Montague, you may ask?" East of Yreka. But way east of Montague. There you find Copco Lake. What a special little place. Vacation homes and a few full time residents live around this beautiful lake. Actually, it appears it is their PRIVATE lake. When Loy and I kayaked for over 2 hours, we never saw one other person on the lake. Pristine. There is a little Copco Town at the end of the lake where the Klamath river access comes down. The real bonus was the Wild Mustangs inhabiting the "other side" of the lake. What a great adventure we had. John and Loy were the perfect hosts. I can never, ever, Thank you enough..You are MY TRAIL ANGELS. And to even make it more special, Shane proposed to Lindsay when I was there. Fantastic news. So happy for them.
Driving out of Copco Lake, very slowly, I see a lady hiking. She come's over to the truck as asked me if I was "Chief's Wife!!" Ok this is just a little wierd, I think? Not really, it was quite wonderful. Got to meet Judy, who lives at Copco and has been following Chief's blog and map since the beginning. She and her husband hike sections of the PCT and were so excited to have Loy forward them the blog. She was so thrilled to be able to follow him. Perhaps she can join Loy and John when they attempt to pick up Chief at the junction to get down to Ashland.
Kevin does not know about Shane and Lindsay, but will be so excited to hear the BIG news when he arrives in Etna. Looking forward to a nice zero day with him and hanging out at the Bluegrass Festival and the Brewery! My last big attempt to put some added weight on him before heading home on Sunday.
My thoughts are to our dear friend, Wendy, who passed through this life today....on her husbands birthday. A day to celebrate 2 special lives. We will all miss her tremendously and will never, ever forget her strong will to live. Don't worry Wendy, we will watch over Claire. We love you.
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| The Lake House |
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| Their own private Lake |
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| Kiley and Bodie |
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| Canadian Geese |
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| This is complete decadance. Don't even have to get out of the kayak |
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| so many, a bit too high |
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| Loy on the mirror lake |
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| Big Bucks |
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Wild Mustangs
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It has been such a treat to follow Kevin's journey through your messages & photos. I am so glad that he is having such a wonderful time and that you are getting to share so much of it with him! I can't wait to see what comes next.
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