July 15, Day 87: 1311.9-1331.3
Miles Hiked: 19.4
Gratitude of the Day: I’m thankful for making it to the halfway point.
Today I got up early to make it to the halfway point and try to cover over 30 miles. 4 miles down trail I stopped to get water as it was a 10 mile water carry past this point. Also I’ve been carrying a backpacking dessert of Creme Brûlée. I made it here and put it in the mesh pocket on the back of my pack, and then my pack toppled over and it squished half of the creme brûlée out and on my bag… damn it! I wiped it off the best I could and headed to the halfway marker. At 9:30 I walked around a corner and there was the post, halfway…
1325 miles from Mexico that I left 87 days ago and 1325 miles to Canada. I waited for Rugrat to show up and then we ate the rest of the dessert and drank our beers we packed out to celebrate. After about an hour hanging out, it was back to business. Because of the fire behind me the trail was closed to hikers behind me the salty butt bandits were in Chester waiting to see if the trail would open so they could continue from Belden or if they need to jump on at highway 36. So i made the decision to jump off trail and hitch into Chester to meet up with them. I resupplied and got a shower and did laundry at their Airbnb and after spending time with them decided to stay the night in town. We all caught up and played games into the night, it was so nice to see them all.
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