6 miles
Ate snacks in bed for breakfast. Repacked the bounce box and separated out the stuff we were sending home. Checked out of the Idyllwild Inn, hit the post office, grabbed final snacks from Nomad Adventures, and got a reuben at Red Kettle. We tried contacting one of the trail angels that shuttles hikers, but he couldn’t do it. Instead, we got a hitch. Our driver happened to also be the driver for the Idyllwild Shuttle, he was just looking to help us out even when he wasn’t working. Super nice guy. Took us to the trailhead even though it wasn’t on his way. We started the 2.5 miles back up to Saddle Junction with full packs. Ran into Jim, Sophie, Frish, and Sam on the way up and chatted awhile with them at the junction. We pressed on just a few PCT miles and made camp for the night.
PCT Hike 