Mile 1081.3 to 1093.4 – 12.1 miles total hiked on PCT

So I had 12 miles to go to reach Echo Lakes, the end of PCT California section J!

A little climb up to Showers Lake and then mostly downhill from there. Unfortunately, some of the trails were a little rough in places so that slowed me down a bit.

* Slow pizza restaurant made me miss sunset on the last night.

The glimpses of Lake Tahoe in the distance through the trees, encouraged me to continue.

Unfortunately, the last part of the trail before Highway 50 was a burned out section of forest. After four years it didn’t really look that different. Not much regrowth seems to be taking place so far. 😕😞

Highway 50 – it’s time to go to Lake Tahoe!

Nope, not quite. I still have to go about a mile and a half to Echo Lakes, where the end of the section is.

I wonder what those odd metal boxes are?

And…GOAL!!!

I went to the Echo Lakes Château, and got some Diet Coke… make that Pepsi. 🙁

Then I arranged a ride into Lake Tahoe, found a good hotel to stay in. During this process, I decided to take two zero days. Till three nights in Tahoe… what could go wrong?

* $150 lost at gambling for one thing.

* Double shipment of my resupply gear from Amazon.