Gotta Gotta Get Up

Days 3 

“I’m dying”

“You’re not dying, you just can’t think of anything better to do.” -Ferris Buellers day off.  

Been doing a lot of movie quotes in my head the past few days. I refer to this one because that’s how the ol’ legs made me feel when I woke up.. Laying there like a stiff staring at the top of my tent. I know it was only day three but I played my first mental game. “You lose already. Go home. Move to lake Morena and work at the malt shop.” 

Sat up. Saw a rabbit and a hummingbird right outside my tent window. Got out of the tent. Moved around for a few minutes to loosen the legs. Packed up the bag. Was super stoked for day three. Crazy what subtle differences can make. Laying down comfortable- this is crazy, silly, stupid. Standing with the bag on my back-this is awesome, go get some!

Felt greaaat today. Gotta say, being fully hydrated and getting 10 hours of sleep does help in the most common knowledge kind of way. 

Had a cool little desert section in the morning followed by a 6000 ft slope up to Mt. Laguna. Ran into a cool chick only going halfway up to Cibbets Flat instead of previous planned top of the mountain. Nice to know that there are others out there with crazy goals achangin right out of the gate. Good thing about that is everything is out the window and you get to strive for more realistic daily goals. I look at what I thought my schedule was going to be and I laugh and laugh and poop myself from laughing at it! Nahgonna NahGonna happen. Anyways. Emily from Tasmania you seem like a rad chick out here to enjoy. Hope we run into each other down the path and we can crush some 20s together. 

I managed to get to the top of the mountain and found myself a nice little pine meadow to set up in. Reminded me a lot of home forests. Longest day. Was a great hot climb. Went to bed as the sun was setting and the fog was rollin’ in.

Day 4

“Is the bear…...is the guy…”- Super Troopers

I have the potential to see a bear out here right?!?!! Why not!

Next early morning mental game! It’s foooking cooold outside. I’ll just stay in the tent till it warms up. I’ll hike the half mile and get a room at Mt. Laguna. 

Zip zip roll pack, bag on the back, let’s doooo this!

Walked ½ mile and ran into Shawn Hemmingway out car camping with his daughter. Hung out sippin some coffee. Thank you kind sir. Very fun morning walk. Foggy misty iry forest walk with a glimpse of sun here and there. Mile five for me, ran into Kwame from Phili packing up his bag gettin ready for the day. Outta the forest into the wind. Beautiful views but all in all the day never really got warm so you had to be moving. Kwame caught me at breakfast and we hiked out till lunch. Cool young dude with a ton of ambition.He’ll take over the world soon enough! I had to let him go ahead after lunch because it was time to assess my blister situation. It was nice to have a partner through that wind.

Day 5.

“Riiiight now”- Barry last Episode

If you’re watching my dot. Which I realize I haven’t had on for a bit. No I did not sprint to Julian in the middle of the night. I had to magically hitch this morning. Thought I’d make it here on my own for 3 20s in a row!..but no. It may or may not be 12 miles I’ll never get back. I’ll try not to stress to much about ‘em. Had to happen.

Let’s talk blisters shall we! I have one on both heel pads. Couple other randos and my toenails are already coming off. Yeeehaww! Yesterday I decided to leave the blisters and keep trucking. This was a smart decision. Annoying but could be thought of as walking with air Jordan’s, a little extra cushion for maximum dunk! Then, things changed. I decided to pop them. Usually not a big deal. Done this before….but not on the bottom of my foot. If I was biking I would say I just got two flat tires. Kick ass mph to FML mph. Had tape not mole skin. could not walk this out. So I had to hitch it on up here and take the rest of the day to figure out me feet.

In another good decision I dropped a ton of weight day two.( I was carrying enough food to get to Canada along with a bunch of other stoof that I mentioned I knew was dumb in post one. Sure Simko, I’ll let you have a little I told ya so.) However, I dropped a rolled up bundle of extra clothes. Annnd what was rolled up in that?!?? Extra pair of socks!!! I did not mean to let those go. So… large miles, wet dirty socks, shoes probably not as broken in as I should of made them lead to blister sisters. 

I’ve decided it’s probably mile 100ish that’s gotta be the toughest for people to get to. I’ve also heard this a few times already in this town. I’m sure they just get a summer full of dumb dumbs. But it takes a while to get all the right adjustments in. I was so excited to hit cruise control with my legs feeling fine I stubbornly ignored the wheels that actually take me places. 

On another note. Julian! There’s a free slice of pie and ice cream for pct hikers. Score! This town is awesome. Love small towns off the beaten path. Well...kind of off the beaten path. If this is the Memorial Day crowd I can only imagine what summers are like here. Book now everyone! 

So let’s try this out. Nothing is going to go wrong startinggg right now. Close scene. 

P.S. pie is bombdiggity!