PCT day 18 - mile 343 to mile 369 (Wrightwood)

"Sorry for asking all those questions, I'm just trying to get better at walking" Beastmode.

"My friend posted on social media that he's going to do PCT, but he never made it.. not even to Campo (mile 0)" Maria, the trail angel.

Today the road was going up and up and up.. for the whole day until we reached the town of Wrightwood. 

We woke up just before six after a night full of train noises right above our heads, think I got 3 hours of sleep in total, it was definitely the worst camp location I stayed on the PCT so far and I only have myself to blame for it.

Cowboy camping worked out pretty well though, I particularly enjoyed watching stars and planes as they crossed the sky at night, and since I couldn't sleep anyway I watched it, a lot.

There was nothing too amazing about today's walk, we gradually gained 5.2k feet over the course of the hot and cloudless day, it felt slow and grindy. Eventually around 5pm we reached the Angeles Crest Highway, where we got picked up by Maria our trail angel host for tonight.

We showered, got our clothes clean, then Maria prepared a burger and a soup for us, after that we went with Tank to have a little nosey around the town, but hiker box we were trying to check out was taken inside the hardware store overnight, so we will check it tomorrow morning instead.

Then we went to a local restaurant called Grizzly Cafe, where we got a big bowl of chicken soup and a garlic bread after which we made our way back to Maria's house.

Her place is a bit overcrowded tonight as she usually only hosts four people and theres six of us here tonight. She put us up in her daughter's room, Tank and the guy from Austria are sleeping in the bed and me and a New Zealander on the floor, there's not much place to move, but at least we have a roof over our heads.

It's going to be a late start tomorrow as we still need to resupply and visit the post office. Next town is 80 miles away so the backpacks will get heavy with food again.

Overall a peaceful end to an otherwise draining day.

Smuggler and his kilt:

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