We got out of camp a little later than normal but not very late. It was going to be a hot day so we wanted to get some miles done before taking a lunch break. As we were hiking we passed a tent that looks just like ours and wondered if it was pricepoint and Honeybear. I thought for sure there was no way they were at the same mileage as us but Jake said he thought he saw them on trail a little ahead of last night.
We were heading to water and it was already stupid hot at 8am. Once we finally made it to the spring we started filling up and decided to take a short snack break in the nice shade there. I was almost done filtering water when two loud bikes pulled up the road. I was hoping they were just passing by but they came down to the spring driving right through a campsite and stirring up a ton of dust. They seemed nice at first but then when Jake was out of earshot the one guy made some weird comments to me about who was carrying my bag for me and other crap so I quickly grabbed my things and made my way down to a tree away from the hikers.
Onwards to lunch through a burn and next to a construction site where they are rebuilding some power lines. We could see a stand of trees down the way and made a beeline down the trail to it. Lunch was a three hour affair just trying to wait out the heat a little. I took a nap and listened to some podcasts while we hung out there. Soon some clouds started rolling in and we decided to get moving. Hiking in the afternoon with shade provided by clouds was way better!
We got to camp and settled in and planned to get up a little earlier tomorrow to beat the heat.
PCT Hike 