Day 73- another thirty

Another day over thirty miles today! I believe the count is at 7 now. It's really starting to drag me down. I believe it's due to the inability to come even close to keeping up with the calories I burn day after day and also it is just 30 miles which is a long way. Tomorrow I am going to do a high 20's day into drakesbad guest ranch which is very hiker friendly and I heard has big meals. I hope to spend the night there to eat breakfast and dinner and hopefully use their hot tub. Today was a decent day starting off with the end of the 16 mile climb that I had started yesterday. At the top there was quite a bit of snow, but it did not last long at all. At this point we could finally see mt Shasta well and I assume into Oregon past that. The rest of the hike was up and down around 7000 feet with a view of Shasta the whole time. I started to drag around 3 and suddenly came to a sign that said trail magic was coming up. This gave me new energy and I picked it up for the last quarter mile to humboldt summit. A lady named Katie who I actually met while she was hiking around Sierra city was making hiker hot dogs and hamburgers and also had beverages for us. She said she hopes to hike the trail in 4 years when she can retire. It was real nice but I had to not stay long if I wanted to stay at the mid point mileage wise of the trail (I am already past half way time wise hopefully). So I left the trail magic and basically did a horseshoe around some ridges and ended up climbing butt mountain and shortly after I made it to the mid point where I camped and made some tuna fettuccini Alfredo. I am going to bed somewhat early to try to get some energy for tomorrow.