Day 77- a heavy pack again

It's been so long since my pack was fully loaded I had forgotten what it feels like. After putting it on in the morning I immediately wished I had bought less food. But I wad stuck with it so I just pushed on. The only way to get my weight down was to eat more. So by early afternoon I had eaten so much I could feel the difference. I flew through burney falls state park in the morning, only stopping to look at the large lake britton. From here It was all uphill and I really started to feel all the weight in my pack. When I say I bought too much food it's true. I had 2 pounds of cheese, 1 pound of summer sausage, tons of pop-tarts, and many other things. These are not really things I needed, mostly just things on sale at Safeway in burney and they sounded good. That's basically how I shop now and it kills me for a couple days every time. So climbing this medium sized hill was a real chore and required many breaks. I was just real tired. But when I finally got to the top I had a wonderful view of Shasta. The rest of the evening was spent skirting around on the nearby ridges heading mostly west. At the end of this section (60miles) we join back with I-5. Near the end of the day I was extremely exhausted again and decided to stop a little early (around 7) and get some extra rest. I keep getting closer to Oregon!