Day 37: Monday 10/12/2015, Guitar Lake back to PCT mile 766 to Chicken Spring lake mile 751, distance 20 miles
I left at 7 am just as the sun was starting to light up the first peaks in the distance. I passed by Crabtree meadows about an hour later.
I came by a camp area near the ranger station where we had camped last time after climbing Whitney. The area has a unique outhouse sans the house. Great for watching stars :-)
The next fifteen miles or so should have been familiar to me because I hiked here three years ago. I remembered Rock creek meadow and the bizarre shaped root of the fallen tree, but some areas were as if I had been there the first time.
Shortly after noon I reached the junction where we went to New Army pass last time. From that point on the trail was new to me again.
For the first time in several weeks I saw a PCT sign again. This one was welded to the post. Good idea as I had seen so many sign posts without the sign because someone thought it would make a nice souvenir without considering that the sign may have a purpose.
The scenery was changing, the soil more sandy, everything was looking dryer.
Soon the actual trail became quite sandy.
I setup camp near Chicken Spring Lake, probably the last lake I will pass in a while. It is very shallow and wasn't that inviting for swim. Very pretty to look at though.
I didn't meet any other hikers during the day. I did notice later that at least two people camped on the other side of the lake. Maybe I will meet them tomorrow.
Trailhead
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