Ending point: ? Side of the hill around mile 84?
Daily miles: 16 ish
Total miles: 84 ish
Yeah, I don't really know where we are. We got as far as we could and then grabbed the first campsite we found. Which was actually pretty hard to do since we've been sidehilling it most of today. A lot of people just camped in the dry washes, but I'm always a little wary of that. We're cowboy camping for the first time (Chris is kind of wary of not having enclosed walls - yes I will blame it on him). We'll see how it goes.
Today was deserty and warm. We slept in later than Wayne or Katie, then took off for Scissors Crossing to hitch into Julian. We used our umbrellas to block the sun and it was actually pretty pleasant. Hitching wasn't too hard, although we did have about 8 people waiting for a ride for a while. After a while we all got picked up and hitched into Julian for free food! Mom's Pies is majorly hiker friendly, so we left a big tip.
The hitch back was easier to get. A man in an ancient Winnebago pulled up in the parking lot of the post office and asked us if we were heading to Scissors Crossing. It was hard not to stare because he was kind of not wearing pants. He was literally in a shirt, socks, and underwear. Turns out he is a major trail angel who hikes water up to the ridges in the desert and gives people rides all the time. Another trail angel who knew him commented later "nice pants" and he said we were lucky, it's more than he usually wears. If it hadn't been like 6 people getting into his Winnebago with me, I wouldn't have considered it. Good lord, if you had told me a couple of months ago that I'd be getting into a van with a man I didn't know in his underwear, I would have laughed in your face. But it worked out and we're alive.
Okay, sleep.
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