a.m. temperature 41. A record for this trip. 107 is the record high.
We stopped at the Donner Memorial State Park on the site where the 90 or so people in the Donner Party of emigrants were unable to cross the Sierras to California's Central Valley because of snow and were stranded in the winter of 1846. Half of them starved or froze, and some of the survivors famously resorted to cannibalism. An excellent museum, film, and memorial. For learning history, there is nothing better than feet on the ground.
A short day on the road, moving north through forests and mountains. Camp is on the shore of large Lake Almanor. We're at a lower elevation here, about 5000 feet, so it is warmer this evening (60's).
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