• Start: Meyers Flat, California
• Finish: Standish-Hickey State Park, Leggett, California
• Distance: 72.5k
• Elevation: 974 meters

Today was a relatively short day. And the weather – it was absolutely wonderful. I actually took off my leg warmers for the first time. It looked like there might be a lot of elevation gain, but as it turns out, there wasn’t all that much.

After leaving Meyer’s Flat the next town was Miranda. It is also quite rustic as you can see from the picture below.

However it was much more prosperous than Myers Flat – it even has a working restaurant. We had our coffee break just outside of Redway. There was a pretty nice little climb on the approach to the truck and I was able to get some nice shots of John, Dawn and Necla.

After coffee there was only about 40k left for the day. Some of us took an early lunch at around 50k for the day. Dawn and David just hammered straight for camp. All of us got in quite early. Many of us took advantage of the opportunity to have a rare treat — swimming. The park where we are staying has a very nice little swimming hole. A little chilly, but very pleasant on a warm day like today.