Lenticualar Clouds in the sky…

The night was windy. And the sky was covered in clouds when I left the tent at 5.15am today. Pretty epic lenticular clouds formed by the strong winds over the mountains.

A few minutes after that I had a beautiful encounter with a very large black bear. He was probably 200ft away from me a bit lower on the slope. Since I was downwind from him he couldn’t smell me. So I just stood there and watched him while he was cruising through the little clearing looking for food. One of these magical moments. What a beauty.

I was flying again today. 24 miles left and I wanted to make it to South Lake Tahoe for lunch. It was fun to “fly” through this beautiful scenery. I enjoyed myself.

When I arrived at Carsson’s Pass a little surprise waited for me. The adorable volunteer ladies from the visitor center kept some trail magic for the hungry PCT hikers. All organized by themselves. Fresh fruit, cookies, eggs, soda. That was a perfect fueling. Thank you so much Patt & Millie for your hospitality!

A fellow Canadian PCT hiker, Patt, Millie, Flow

The rest of the day led me again through the wildflower meadows. This one captures it quite well. Millions of flowers. And you can see most of the ones I captured a couple of days ago in there. Stunning!!!!

After 49 hours I had 75 miles in and arrived at South Lake Tahoe. What a run…

A hitch, a bus ride and a lift from Ray’s coworker Andy later I made it. Reunited with my hiking companion. Even though it had only been two days it felt very long. A lot of stories, food and the usual town chores I fell asleep. Unfortunately I had to get up every hour to supervise my updates on the phone. My photo editing software broke down and I was not able to do anything for the last six days. I had to back everything up, delete, re-install and download everything again. Annoying but ya gotta do what ya gotta do…