Day 106

0 Miles

Breakfast from Bob’s Ranch House was decent, and we finally got to see Shade. He was there with Slayer who seems to be part of their hiking group now. Afterward, we stopped by the outfitter where we ran into Ana (now known as Echo) who we haven’t seen since Kernville. The MN Hikings were hanging out by the library waiting to get a ride back to trail, so they’d be a day ahead of us going forward. Shade and Studio would be about a half day ahead since they had a ride lined up for the afternoon. Everyone is jumping up to Seiad Valley after we saw pictures of the smoke at the Etna Summit trailhead sent by some hikers who decided to just go check it out and then turned around. For lunch we made the leftovers of our meatball subs. Our bounce box was nice to have because I got to cut my hair and go through some of the stuff we had stored in there. Still wanting to try the other brewery in town, we went back to Paystreak, but they had already run out of their own beer and only had guest taps. The owner said they wouldn’t have any more for another 3 weeks, the hikers had cleaned them out. Bearslayer, Shorts, Pepper jack, and Piñata were there with some other hikers, but they were all eating. We left to get food from Ray’s and then head back to the hotel. All day the smoke filled the air and ash slowly rained down.