On July 1, we drove the RV up to Gold Mountain to play the newly opened Dragon golf course and take a look at our property (still worth next to nothing). The course is pretty ratty right now, but once they get it fixed up, maybe that lot will be worth a little something.
The next day we did a big hike all around the Lakes Basin area (Plumas County, California) where we were camped. This map shows a portion of what we hiked: http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=49427. I included some pictures below. LOTS of snow left up there!! The elevation is about the same as our house, so I am not sure why it should be so much colder.
We are both feeling very good about the decision not to use the Umbwe route (been reading more about it). Joe's been having trouble with blisters from his new boots, and Ryan's solutions aren't working too well (the metatarsal pads keep moving all around). My feet are happy blister-wise, but still bruised and swollen at the ball of the foot (now both sides). As the weather heats up we are going out earlier and looking for higher hikes. Above the Brown's Creek loop, the forest service has been doing "fuels reduction" meaning they are chopping down trees and sawing off lower branches. They have left all this debris on the trail, making it impassable. I doubt they'll have it cleared anytime soon, and probably have to use helicopters to get the stuff out.
The week:
June 28: 5.2 miles in sneakers on streets, 6000 feet
June 29: Pilates
June 30: 10 miles, Jones/White Loop, 5 hours 15 min
July 1: Golf at the Dragon
July 2: 8-9 miles at Lakes Basin, around Long, Silver, Round and Bear Lakes, a
total of 6 hrs 15 minutes
July 3: 2 miles Lakes Basin (bad choice of trails; it abruptly ended), Pilates
July 4: about 5 miles, Brown's Creek
Total mileage this week: 30 - 31
Some pictures of the Lakes Basin hike. The last one shows the tracks across one of the snow patches:
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