Ending point: 131.5 next to a dry creek bed
Daily miles: 17.5
Total miles: 131.5
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| Mike Hernandez's house of hikertrash |
Yesterday was mainly noteworthy because we sat around at the pool, mailed ourselves some extra food for Idyllwild since we sent ourselves too much food, and ran into Serenity and Erin (now 3 Times a Lady) on the way back to the trail from Warner Springs. So good to see them. We had hiked with them the first couple of days, but their pace was slower than ours, partly because this is Erin's first backpacking trip ever. Amazing!
The weather was great today. We woke up a little later than Katie (Wayne aka bloodbath was already about a half mile ahead of us and woke up before anyone else) but we ended up catching up with her at around mile 120. We gained a lot of elevation (well it seemed like it) and then lost a little before finding our way to a trail angel named Mike Herrera's house. There is a water tank there that is available to hikers and today also happened to be chicken cookout day. So we and a bunch of other hikers got a plate full of delicious chicken and cream corn and beans. Plus shade and a guitar to play with.
Wayne had made it there way before we did so he left before we got there. He left us a note saying he was going to continue on and start going at his own pace. Which is sad but necessary - we were all kind of surprised he waited for us this long.
We're camped now in a gully with a bunch of other hikers, all of which are fun to be around. We've seen the same people for the last four days or so, and if this keeps up it looks like we'll be spending a lot more time together. I'm happy about that.
Everybody has their hard days, and Katie's happened to be today. She hasn't had much of an appetite, mostly because of he heat, and I wonder if her metabolism had run out if reserves to keep her spirits up. I hope she has a better day tomorrow.
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