After a good night’s sleep in a real bed, I got up in the morning and arranged my gear. I remembered to take my cream cheese from the fridge, but I did not take the Ben Jerri’s I bought yesterday. I hope out will be put to good use.

What a great day! We started off by hiking up on the ridge for several miles, enjoying the nice views around. After a while, the trail went down to Five Lakes Creek campsite, where we filled up some water and met Raspberry. He was going to meet his wife and head off trail for a few days, when he gets down to Donner Pass. Lucky him.

It was a longer day than we first thought.

After a show morning in our hotel room, we finally headed out to send the rest of our packages from the post office. We had some problems sending the one to Old Station, because it contained a gas canister. At first, the clerk said there’s no way to send it on the mail. But after checking their books, he said we can send it ground only. That will work. We then went to the outfitter, to wait for our ride there. We met Bliss Hap, and she joined our ride up to the trail with trail Angel Mel. I also bought a new pair of sun gloves, but they are much heavier and sturdier than my old pair. I don’t really like them as much.

Today I failed to replace my crappy smartphone battery - I took the bus over to Tech Tahoe. I should have called earlier, but we left our room before they were supposed to open, so I figured I’ll just get there and hope for the best. Big mistake. At first, I got off at the wrong station, and had to walk another mile. No biggy. Then, the store was closed. There was a number to reach them, on the door. I called and got to a voice mail. Then my battery died (I Told you it was crappy), and I waited there for another hour before giving up.