Hiked through Lassen betw. Summit Lk & hwy44

(Writing this on tiny smartphone keyboard, will be brief.)

Actually, hiked north to south on PCT after bicycling from Summit Lk to the 32N12 Twin Bridges Road trailhead off of 44, a few miles short of Old Station, with the usual prep - leaving backpack at trailhead before leaving car at other end & bicycling.

The actual hike was rather viewless, except for occasional burnt-tree screened views westward to the major peaks much better viewed from the road.  I did indulge in an hour-long break in the midday sun by Lower Twin Lake, feeling like i had the whole park to myself.

I was actually the first car past the south-side gate after the gov. Shutdown. Only one other car waiting.  On trail, met only one couple, and followed one set of bootprints for a portion, the Twin Lake loop portion. Lots of animal prints including bear.

Got back to car early this morning, fetched my bike and did short out&back hike from there north to Old Station, or more precisely, to the gate in back of the Hat Creek Resort there, which had a sign inviting PCT hikers to come stay for showers, etc. I decided to turn around there since this would be a good accesspoint to resume from.

Drove north on 44 to trailhead jatop Hat Creek Rim ust north of Subway Caves, intending to bicycle back from there to OldTown then hike PCT to car. But by then it was 3PM, a bit late in the day to do that stretch. So should I spend the remaining daylight scouting out a lext loop to maybe Burney Falls, or call OldStation my northern termminus for this season and instead try to complete sections I had skipped?

I decided to drive around the east side of Lassen back to Chester to check email, (that's what I'm doing now, parked in front of the closed library) resupply, and set myself up to do the section of trail between Domingo Springs and Warner Valley campground that i had skipped.  I'll do that tomorrow.

Then, since the weather is still forecast good for next 5 days, i think I'll head south on hwy 89 toward Truckee and take the Hennis Pass/Jackson Meadows road westward to Jackson Mdws Reservoir and do some out&back day or one-overnight hikes both north and south from there along PCT, to essentially split my last remaining chunk between hwy 80 & 49 into 4 pieces, those two O&B's from Jackson Mdws being the middle two pieces.  If the weather still holds, I'll the do the piece from hwy 49 (from Wild Plum trlhd) and finally, the last piece from DonnerSummit.

Then I'll call it A Hike for this season and come home.