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Our original plan was to hike out in late afternoon. However,especially Bigfoot wanted to stay for another night,so we agreed upon leaving early Tuesday instead. The Andersons’ Casa de Luna really did live up to its reputation to be the hardest place to leave on the whole trail! I used the unexpected extra [...] Sleeping in after an exhausting day felt really good. I finally managed to get out of my tent when the rising sun started to turn it into an oven. For breakfast,Joe Anderson was serving delicious pancakes to all hikers. What a great start into a zero day! We had decided to stay at least [...] I had always wondered how many calories the huge amount of food would contain that we ate day in day out on the trail. So before repackaging yesterday’s purchase,I did the math and came up with a whopping 73,000 calories for 16 days (this equals about 4,500 calories per day). They say that a [...] Bigfoot left the campground early because he wanted to walk slower to not worsen the pain in his left shin that he had felt since last night. Stanimal and I took our time since there were only 11 miles left to Agua Dulce where we would take a zero day at the famous Saufleys’ Hiker [...] Because the weather report was still not good for Mount Baden-Powell,Wendi agreed to host us one more day. While she was preparing waffles and fresh fruits for breakfast (yummy!),her dad came over. He is a retired fire fighter,so it was very interesting talking to him about the various wild fires in the [...] The weather had unexpectedly turned for the worse during the night. Bigfoot was forced to set up his tarp in the middle of the night to stay dry in his bivy. I awoke to dense fog and continuing rain,but fortunately stayed dry inside my tent. We decided to wait and see if it would [...] To give my shin splints more time to heal,we decided to stay another day in Wrightwood. Bernie and Keith extended their hospitality for another night which we were very grateful for. I continued working on my trail journal,sorting photos and making some more phone calls. Additionally we discussed the details of the upcoming [...] After breakfast Mary gave us a ride back to Wrightwood. On the way we stopped at Stater Bros. in Phelan where we could resupply for the next leg of the trail cheaper and easier than in Wrightwood. With bags full of food,we squeezed ourselves back into the car. A few minutes later,Mary dropped [...] This was the first stay at a hotel so far where we did not take a zero day,but returned to the trail on the next day instead. I had set my alarm clock for an early wake up before 6 a.m. to have enough time for shaving,a shower,a relaxed breakfast and packing [...] Bigfoot surprised us with a very early start at 5:45 a.m. today. He could not wait to roll into McDonald’s at Interstate 15 which was still 14 miles away. Stanimal and I took it a little bit slower and were ready to hit the trail by 8:30 a.m. We,too,were looking forward to getting [...] | ||||
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