Day 87

0 Miles

The fire has grown to 2,200 acres with 0% containment. We checked out of our room, walked to Jax Diner for breakfast, and then caught the bus to West End Beach where we planned to take a side trail back up to the PCT. As the day went on though, the PCTA closed the section ahead that was affected by the Dixie Fire. We went to the pub nearby and started looking at reroute options. Instead of hiking a couple days into Sierra City and having a difficult time getting out and around the closure, we decided to go back to Truckee and work around the closure from there. We can get a bus from there to Reno, then Susanville, then Chester with an option (pending approval from the bus operator) to get dropped off at the trailhead. That would save us having to hitch, we can fill out our resupply (since the stretch between Chester to Burney is longer than Truckee to Sierra City), and we could sleep in a bed again. The reroute skips about 180 miles and we will miss the official halfway milestone, but that’s okay. We caught the next bus back into Truckee where the town had become completely packed with people. Truckee Thursday is apparently a monthly street festival where they shut down the main road and bring in food trucks and vendors. We checked into the hostel, dropped our bags, and then headed over to check out the spread. As expected, all of the food places had long wait times and we struggled to find a place to eat, but eventually got a spot at 1882 Bar and Grill. We ate and then headed back to the room to relax.