Miles Hiked: 18.3
Gratitude of the Day: I’m thankful for a long shower to scrub the caked on dirt off my feet.
Today was another relaxing day on trail. I slept by myself right at the 1400 mark and was all packed up and hiking down the trail at 6am. It was 11 miles to the highway to hitch into the town of Burney to get a shower and do some laundry at the Word of Life a church in town that caters to hikers. About 2.5 miles in there was a 1400 mile marker made of bones which was odd and then another 3 miles was a cooler with ice cold coke as trail magic.
Once I made it to the highway at 10am, I started walking to the intersection so it would be easier for a car to stop and give me a ride into town. No less than 2 minutes a truck pulled over and I was on my way to a glorious shower. After showering I did some laundry and resupplied and then made my way back to the church and took a nap during the hottest part of the day. The Salty Butt Bandits weren’t too far behind and Cool Cat and Maverick had decided to do a 40 mile day so I decided to meet them at their intended camp 8 more miles down the trail. So I packed up my pack and got a hitch out of town almost immediately, I started hiking again around 5:30pm. The 8 miles cruised by and I made it to camp by 8pm.
Cool Cat and Maverick showed up around 9:15pm having down over 41 miles. Then come to find out Dunk even though having a late start got competitive and decided to do the 40 miles too. He ended up showing up to camp at 11pm after seeing two bears and hearing cougars calling as he walked to camp. Tomorrow is a chill day on trail at Burney Falls while we wait for the rest of the gang to show up.
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