We woke up around 5:30 to the sounds of the other hikers getting ready to hike and chatting loudly. I had to pee but we were surrounded by people so it was a little dicey finding a place that was hidden enough amongst the waist high bushes. I did find a place and then we promptly picked up and started hiking towards our water source. We got to the cache and filled our bottles while catching up with Maverick.
A few more miles before we got to the road where we would start our road walk around the fire closure. At the road I chatted with some hikers who were waiting for parents to pick them up to go to a house with a pool. It was pretty hot out so I was a little bit jealous of their situation but we were headed to lunch at the Rock Inn so that was a good enough alternative.
Walking up to the Rock Inn we saw dozens of bikes and knew it was probably going to be an interesting crew inside. It was crazy busy but we were able to grab bar seats and got burgers and beers. The place was full of hikers and bikers, it was a sight. After stuffing ourselves we got ready to do a couple miles of road walking to the ostrich farm. Jim & Ana found us and we all headed down the road.
The owner of the farm greeted us and we paid the $5 for a spot in her garden for the night. It was nice to chat with her and she even offered to marry Jake and I at the farm! We didn’t take her up on the offer. There were a few other hikers that we know hanging out so we caught up with them and then moved over to our camp spot to hang out with the crew that were staying the night. It was a really chill afternoon.
We finally turned in around 8 to the sounds of salsa dance lessons being given by Ana to anyone who wanted to join in.
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