In a few minutes, we came across some more ski runs and chair-lifts for Mountain High, and I checked out the resort map for future reference!
About 1/2 an hour later, the 4 guys passed us in their jeep on a paralleling dirt road, reminding us just how fast vehicles are compared to feet.
As we were coming down the trail, we caught a glimpse of Mount Baden-Powell, which we'll be summiting tomorrow!
The trail popped out onto Highway 2, at a viewpoint called Inspiration Point. There were pullouts on both sides of the road and even a bathroom! We met another girl there named Emliy who was hitching into town as well. Soon someone pulled up in a big Suburban and took all three of us into Wrightwood.
He dropped us off at Evergreen Cafe, a big breakfast place that has delicious huge portions, that we were definitely ready for:
After that we headed to the local Mountain Hardware store. They are an awesome company that hold hiker boxers for hikers! Good thing we used them as our pick up spot instead of the Post Office because we arrived on a Sunday!
I had two packages, one from my sister Sarah and one from my mom. Inside there were plenty of goodies like blister bandages, power bars, protein bars, dried apple-bananas, beef jerky, and letters from Sarah, Mom, and Dad!
Claire got her hiking poles that she ordered online from Hiker Hunger and they are amazing! Pictures to come tomorrow! She also got her last paycheck from work.
In the Mountain Hardware store there was a list of trail angels in Wrightwood who offered to house hikers. We decided to give one of them a call instead of hitching back out and staying up in the cold mountains for the night. It was a girl named Heather and she said she'd pick us up a little later.
We went to the grocery store and resupplied with a bunch of goodies. We thought we bought a lot, but then these 3 hikers came out with a shopping cart's full!
The store was great and had a big area outside with some umbrellas to sit and charge our phones. We stayed there for a couple hours to wait for our ride. We ate, talked with other hikers, ate, charged our phones, and ate some more!
Where all the cool kids hang..
At about 7:45pm, Heather pulled up with her daughter and took us to her home. We have the whole downstairs all to ourselves tonight, and she says she can fit up to 10 down here. They have two German shepherds who live down here in the winter, and you can tell they aren't pleased with us taking over. They are making their presence known from just outside the window.
Heather and Johnny are very nice and they let us take showers and do laundry, gave us some wine and offered us some food, and told us to help ourselves to breakfast in the morning. Heather's even taking us back to the trailhead tomorrow after she drops off her daughter at school!
Again we are super thankful for all the nice people who have showed us such kindness and generosity on the the trail so far. Big day tomorrow, up and around Mt. Baden-Powell. Super excited!
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