Day 46

13 Miles

Lazy morning knowing we wouldn’t be hiking until the evening to avoid the heat. At one point the owner of the motel came into our room not realizing we were still using it. Our check out time was still an hour away so we packed up, showered one more time, and then headed to brunch. Ate at Cheryl’s again and then hung out in the park by the river while waiting for our bus to Lake Isabella. The bus didn’t show at the agreed upon time so we had to request another one. That one did show and took us to some other stop because we never would have made our transfer in Isabella. Back at the trail at 6 we knew we would be night-hiking if we wanted to do the full miles we had planned. The climb up was easy enough and we got to watch the sunset from the ridge. We ate a snack with Endless and QB at their campsite before pressing on. Around 8:45 we needed headlamps and the trail got much harder to navigate without tripping. Night-hiking is not fun, but we did see a bunch of scorpions, a couple black widows, bats, and some mice. Arriving at our campsite around midnight we had done the full mileage, but crashed hard. Two days to Kennedy Meadows!