Get ready for that hike through the Dixie fire burn area. It is massive and multi day. I found myself getting depressed but saw so much new growth and renewal and realized that in the end I was just a visitor to a landscape that went through cycles that were beyond a time frame I could comprehend.....HEISENBERG

Berry with prickles is gooseberry. That purple flower with lots of petals is an aster. Looks like you had a great time at Pounder’s!

“It’s not just a boulder….ITS A ROCK!!” Loving the SpongeBob representation 😂

Round Table Pizza has provided me with Many moments of motivation over the course of my adult life, so I am all in with Marg's motvational strategy. Loving watching your journey! Hsppy Trails!

The prickly ball is a gooseberry. They are edible once you get to the flesh on the inside. You'll find them all through California and Oregon. There'll be blueberries in Washington, and who knows, maybe you'll get some elderberries (though they won't be ripe in California until mid to late July).

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="465">7:45</a>, Sierra Gooseberry; <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="753">12:33</a> Wandering Daisy (the official flower of Dan and Rach!) I haven’t done that stretch but it reminds me of the AT, especially the outcrop Zoo was standing on (McAfee Knob), which I grew up near there. Stay safe Tramily! Later! Woodpecker aka Doc, aka Trail Maintenance

Marg's voice has come back!

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Marg’s voice sounds much better. Ready to start singing.

Good to see the happiness and joy of your group. Thanks for showing the lovely plants along the way. Wonderful.

Another great day on the PCT. Loving you all camping out on someone’s floor. How brilliant those angels are😊

it’s called Morning Thunder and the breakfast plates are huge

Enjoy your Nero in Quincy.

the heart shaped plant is wild ginger. Sorry to say most of the trail from Quincy to Lassen and a bit beyond is more forest fire scar from 2021 Dixie Fire which leveled Greenville, the town near Quincy

Thank You for putting a smile on my face!

What a gorgeous place to be ✌️😍

Go UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs!!!

Fire area was from a fire that was a quarter acre in size and air tankers were knocking it out but someone was flying an illegal drone over the fire so the air tankers had to quit for the evening, allowing the Dixie Fire to burn over 900,000 acres. I was covering that fire and so p*ssed off to see a fire that was almost contained, take off due to the drone stopping air attack. Used to skinnydip in the Middle Fork of the Feather River with our co-ed PNF fire engine #682 out of Gansnar Bar CA.

alpine aster or blue alpine daisy.

If you kiss a banana slug, it turns into a banana.

Daisy’s Daniel