July 17th, 2018
We got an early but slow start today with lots of breaks in the morning (maybe it was all the beers we drank yesterday while swimming in the hot spring fed pool.) We had a nice lunch at a lake while catching up with some friends we haven’t seen in a hundred miles or so. It was a hot day. We walked through a section of burned forest that offered little to no shade. We left Lassen National Park, the 4th national park of the PCT. We stopped at a gas station for some beer and treats to end the day.