Sleeping in just a little felt so awesome. We did all of our laundry last night so all we really needed to do today was hit up the grocery and get fuel for Jake’s stove. First we needed breakfast so we headed to Teddy’s. While we were eating we planned out the hiking for the next 6 days and figured out how much food we would need to buy. A lot of my shopping list ended up being medical supplies for my janky feet.
After we left Teddy’s we hopped on the bus that would take us to Von’s, the grocery. While it was great to have such a good selection of foods it was almost too many choices! I spent way too much time in the rice & pasta aisle deciding between knorr sides, ramen and a million other things I had never even heard of. The snack selection was the most exciting and believe me, I know what you’re thinking…how exciting can snacks be? Very, the answer is very exciting. Von’s must be owned by Safeway or they are sister stores because my Safeway card worked to get us discounts.
We walked over to the bank so I could get some smaller bills than I had been carrying and then I got Starbucks while we waited for the bus to the sporting goods store. That store was interesting but they at least had the fuel Jake needed. We saw a few other hikers there and talked to FedEx for a minute about his plans for the day.
We headed back to the hotel to organize our goods and laze around. I called my dad and then we just zoned out to some bad television, it was very nice to just lay around.
Dinner time was a fun game of calling around to places just to find out they aren’t doing take out right now. I have no idea how that’s working for them but it was pretty annoying. Finally we found a place and they could have our food ready very quickly. We walked the block or so it get to pick it up and ate dinner in bed while watching more mindless tv, luxurious. Later we both took epsom baths and then promptly passed out. Tomorrow it’s back to the trail!
PCT Hike 