Today was pretty straight forward, or maybe it seems that way because I don’t feel like blogging that much. Our plan was to neero out of Tehachapi and so we really took our time getting out of town. I woke up early and ate breakfast at the hotel. We had some time to kill and I needed to do my blog so Tofu, Sherpa, and I went to the bakery and sat and drank coffee. Sherpa and Tofu worked on crosswords with eacbother. Afterwards Sherpa and I went to the pool for an hour or so. Luckily Snoop, Hikerpedia, and Kristen were taking over our room so we were able to hang out in the room until we were ready to go.
We hung out until 5 and then headed to the road for a hitch. We got a ride within minutes from a guy in a truck. In a classic PCT coincidence the guy that picked us up was the same guy who heckled me for standing up like an old man at the Mexican restaurant the day before. He was really nice and we had a really enjoyable ride out. He was an avid biker and was telling us about the many nearby mountbiking trails.
We arrived at the trail and Tofu and Sherpa took off. I turned around and saw Yote and 2.Toe! I waited for them and we chatted for a couple miles until Yote had to pee then I took off and started hiker Excite Bike. I passed a lot of hikers that were carrying enough food to make it to Kennedy Meadows. They were carrying 7 days of food and it looked painful. I guess we will have to do that soon in the Seira.
We started out with a pretty steep hike and after a few miles I caught up with Sherpa. She yelled down to me to watch out for the snake. A few switchbacks later I came upon a beautiful and calm King Snake. I shot a quick video and was off again.
Soon after we came upon Hobo and Caddyshack and they asked what pin I was wearing. I showed them the pin I made for our trail family shortly after the AT. It says “Vote for Sherpa. She’s the worst!” They thought it was so funny and were so excited. It made me really happy!
When we got to a nice tent site out of the wind we stopped and set up our tent together next to some Canadians just as Tofu, Yote, and 2.Toe showed up. We all joked around ate dinner and went to bed. Sherpa and I, we slept like little hiker babies.