As with most of our zero days, this one revolves around eating. Since this is a small trail destination, we have been able to sample all of the local cuisine including Aardvark—not actual Aardvark, but a food truck next to the gas station which makes amazingly good curry.
We also received some new socks in the mail as well as doing some equipment research. Our Z-Packs tent is quietly disintegrating on us. We can lay on our backs and look up at all the holes that have appeared in the ceiling. It’s always like looking up at a starry sky. Plus, pulling on the zippers is like playing a game of Russian Roulette—we’re never certain if it going to explode open or remain closed.
6 town meals after 7+ days of trail food is better than any high colonic. We’ve managed to get a good colon cleanse this short break. I’ve only spent as much time in the bathroom one other time in my life—when Bunny insisted I get a colonoscopy before she’d agree to go hiking with me. There are times I’d like to have another liter of that cleanse, but this isn’t one of them.
Charcoal B (he has been forced to drop the “Butt” up front and make people enquire about his name before volunteering his butt for public perusal) and Struggles are going to leave town before us in the morning but we have plans to catch up with them along the way, or at least meet them to camp tomorrow night. I wrote to the AARP monthly magazine about doing a story on us when we first began our travels a couple years ago. We finally got an email from them wanting to talk to us. We’ve arranged a phone interview in the morning to talk. I’m not sure if my writing and the recent email are related, or not.
This has been a short, relaxing stop. We really have no pressure on us at all since we have decided we aren’t going to have time to finish the trail this year. We are just taking our time to get in as many miles as we can on our PCT thru-hike failure. I’m bummed we won’t be finishing this year but that’s to be expected when geriatric hikers bite off more than they can chew.
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Hello
Just read todays blog. Sounds like you will not finish this year. So does this mean you will not be coming to Canada this year???
It just means we won’t hike the Sierra. We’ll be in Canada in a few weeks.