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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 [...] It was time to hit the trail again. I was sure that my shin splints had sufficiently healed. After an early wake up,the unpopular task of cleaning up the gear explosion all over the garage had to be completed. At 9 a.m. we were finally finished and loaded our packs and the bounce boxes [...] 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 [...] | ||||
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