We woke up pretty early so we could gather all the things for the bounce box and shower before heading over to the post office. Luckily we had figured out a way around the fire closure, unfortunately it meant skipping some actual trail miles as well. Not a big deal though, we aren’t purists and just want to get back to the trail. Once we dropped the bounce box at the post office we decided we should grab some breakfast burritos from big foot bowls. We headed back to the hiker area behind the hardware store to eat. Not even halfway through our breakfast our ride, Brian, texted that was out front.
Brian, a Wrightwood resident who is very adamantly not a trail angel, was nice enough to give us and one other hiker a ride all the way to the Acton KOA. The hour long drive went by quickly and before we knew it we were saying our goodbyes. Thanks for the ride!
We promptly found some shade to finish our burritos under and got prepared to hike some afternoon miles. The KOA had WiFi so we decided it would be a good time to figure out some of the upcoming sections milage. This sometimes takes a lot longer than you think and before we knew it time was getting away from us. We realized we were ahead of schedule by a few days and had some time to burn. Soon we just decided to spend the night at the KOA with the large group of hikers. It did get quite chaotic in the common area so we had to find a quieter spot to finish our planning. It is fun to hang with big groups of hikers but also gets overwhelming pretty fast.
Later there was talk of getting pizza orders together and we talked to one group about combining orders. After talking to them it sounded like they were trying to make things a lot more complicated by trying to hitch into town for beer so we just did our own thing. We sat in the shade doing a crossword puzzle while waiting and then took our pizza to the gazebo. It wasn’t the most relaxing zero we have had but it was nice to have some more time off our feet.
PCT Hike 