FIRE & RAIN

Soooo...Northern California is basically on fire.  And, for some bizarre twist of charma or whatever, it seems to be burning mostly along the route of the PCT.  The result of which has been the closure of at least 3 sections of trail.

So, only two days hike from our halfway point, we made a somewhat emotionally wrenching choice.  We would skip over 430 miles of the trail and start hiking again in Ashland, OR.  

The logistics of getting to the open areas, and then hitching around the closed places to the next open areas looks unrealistic. So we are now in a Chico with bus tickets to Ashland.  

Adventure to be continued...