Day 34

15 Miles

Had a bunch of hikers around us last night, which led to lots of snoring and loud conversation in the morning. We rolled out and got to a water cache 4 miles away around 9:30. Continued on to the road closure at mile 486. Road walked to the Rock Inn for burgers and beers. There were probably 2 dozen hikers there, so a definite bottleneck for anyone that was hiking near that bar today. Some people hitched past the closure, some road walked to the end of it, and we decided to split it up. Quail Run Ostrich Farm allows hikers to camp on their property, so we walked the 2 miles from Rock Inn to Quail Run with Jim, Maverick, and Ana. We had been leapfrogging with Maverick the last couple days, Ana was rolling with Jim, and everyone wanted to stick with the mileage that we had come up with to split the days before Tehachapi. So we all hung out around the stage and checked out some ostriches. Never thought I’d camp near ostriches on this trail, but definitely a fun way to break up a road walk.