Day 65; Sat June 30 2007

(Stud) We continue to enjoy the eruption of new plant life that has brought along with it many wildflowers we have not seen before. My brother_in_law, Tim sent us additional camera memory to Kennedy Meadows Resort so I am now able to take pictures again. The memory ran out over a week agoso we have several days where opur own memory will need to suffice for what we saw along the trail.

Today was an odd mix of meadows, pine forest and areas of intesrting volcanic rock formations that seemed to erupt from the earth. We hiked along with Riley much of the day, at 27 yr old CTo for a small firewall co in Vancouver, BC. We also saw Sun Walker who is sufferung from shin splints but still probably managed to get several miles on us, and Lthe other Bily Goat--a fellow in his 60's from near Eugene, OR. He wears a shirt with Meals on Wheels logo to promote the organization and carries informational cards for anyone interested in helping our. He said the organization has lost a lotof government support--money that has been diverted to the war in Iraq. when at home, he dlivers meals to 25 needy folks a day.

Wev also saw many ay hikers the day; many be most we have seen on any. It loks like we may have come close to our goal of 25 miles today. We are camped on a very windy ridge in a grove of pine trees. Dwight was just comenting hoe he eil miss cowboy amping whe we get to WA and it will likely be more rainy-but then again, we seem to bring droght wheree er we backpack..so time will tell.