Another slow morning of Jake making us oatmeal and taping up feet for the day ahead. We didn’t end up hiking out of camp until 9:30 which ended up being a mistake. It was a sunny, beautiful morning but our hike to Mt Laguna was exposed and hot. For some reason I was just dragging & couldn’t keep up with Jake at all.
The slog of the hot hike was totally worth it when we rolled into Mt Laguna for lunch. We did some al fresco dining because, good lord, do we stink. Beers, salad and a beyond burger filled us up nicely. After lunch we walked down to the general store to do a tiny resupply and chugged some ice cold Gatorade. As we were getting ready to head down the trail someone told us about Trail magic in the campground but we were both so full from lunch we didn’t check it out.
We encountered a few day hikers on our way out ,who I mistakenly told we were on day 5, they were very nice and wished us well on our crazy hike. The afternoon was pretty windy and as we were winding our way along the trail we were hoping to not have to camp in one of the windy spots. We happened upon a nice meadow where some other campers had already set up shop and decided to stop there. The ground was full of critter holes so I was a little nervous that something might pop up at night and eat the underside of the tent. Luckily it was a quiet night.
I was so tired I didn’t eat dinner, I ate one handful of gardetto rye chips and called it a night. I did manage to crawl out of the tent long enough to brush my teeth which felt like a big challenge.
PCT Hike 