We finally bid a fond farewell to Joe, Terry and the Casa de Luna although we had to wait until about 2pm for a ride to the trailhead. We got back on where we slacked from over at Lake Hughes. There was some climbing and wind but all in all it was nice (except that the trail always seems like a mother after four days sitting on a couch in some strange town)
We ran into some counselors from a local Christian Day Camp that were hiking around. We got some lunch after the first major climb although we got such a late start we knew we weren't going to get very far before sundown. We passed mile 500 and some of the guys were camped out at the road there. Someone had made a "500!" out of pinecones and we wanted to cook some dinner but it was just too damn windy. We hiked on until we finally found a spot to cook out of the wind right by the old PCT 500 mile marker. It got pretty dark and we wanted to get some more miles in so we kept going in the dark until we crested the hill. We knew there was a water source nearby but we wouldn't be able to find it in the dark so when we came upon this meadow in the saddle with a bunch of tents in it, we set up camp. It turned out it was Spoonman, Cerveza, Tick-ette, and a few others. It had been a sort of cold evening so we were hoping that the winds weren't bringing in rain. We set up camp in the dark and I was out cold in about a minute flat.
We ran into some counselors from a local Christian Day Camp that were hiking around. We got some lunch after the first major climb although we got such a late start we knew we weren't going to get very far before sundown. We passed mile 500 and some of the guys were camped out at the road there. Someone had made a "500!" out of pinecones and we wanted to cook some dinner but it was just too damn windy. We hiked on until we finally found a spot to cook out of the wind right by the old PCT 500 mile marker. It got pretty dark and we wanted to get some more miles in so we kept going in the dark until we crested the hill. We knew there was a water source nearby but we wouldn't be able to find it in the dark so when we came upon this meadow in the saddle with a bunch of tents in it, we set up camp. It turned out it was Spoonman, Cerveza, Tick-ette, and a few others. It had been a sort of cold evening so we were hoping that the winds weren't bringing in rain. We set up camp in the dark and I was out cold in about a minute flat.
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