After a much needed sleep in,I spend the morning taking pictures of Hiker Heaven and doing resupply planning both for the upcoming leg of the trail to Tehachapi and the first part of the High Sierra starting at Kennedy Meadows. We had to mail food ahead because there would be no sufficient resupply options at Kennedy Meadows. At 12:30 p.m. Stanimal’s Aunt Carrie and her boyfriend Jim from Ventura paid us a visit. Also Wendi,whom we stayed with in Wrightwood,came over for a visit.
Carrie and Jim took Stanimal,Wendi,Bigfoot and me out for lunch at a barbeque restaurant in the neighboring city of Santa Clarita. We had a great time! After lunch we went to Walmart to buy food and other supplies for 16 days – or biggest resupply so far. Carrie and Jim had to take off to Ventura again while we were still shopping. Unfortunately,Bigfoot left his camera in Carrie’s car,and Carrie did not notice this before she and Jim were almost home. After some debating,we agreed that the only practical solution would be an unplanned road trip to Ventura to pick up the camera at Carrie’s house. Wendi was happy to provide her car to accomplish this. After little more than an hour we arrived in Ventura,Carrie and Jim welcomed us into their house,and Bigfoot was happy to have his camera back. We did not stay long,but before heading back to Agua Dulce,we took a short detour to the pier at the Pacific Ocean since it was only a few blocks away. Also a short stop at Starbucks was necessary to tank some caffeine for the trip back. We got back to Agua Dulce at sunset and spent most of the evening relaxing and chatting with other hikers.