PCT day 24 - mile 493 to mile 517 (Hikertown)

"I don't have any whiskey.. but I do have some vodka" Mosquito Jesus.

"Hiking PCT is a mini lifetime and quitting after two weeks seems like abandoning it in it's infancy" Classic.

We started walking early today, climbed out of our Blair Witch Project campsite (I quite liked it though) and headed towards Hiker Town. Nugget had an idea to perhaps go back to LA that day to watch the concert of the band she liked, so we pushed some serious tempo.

After couple of miles we hit the earliest trail magic on PCT so far, Mosquito Jesus was there with his goodies including doughnuts, crossaints, soft drinks, fruits, beers, pickled gherkins and..a bottle of vodka. We got ourselves a can of beer (drinking before 9am.. profit?), ate few doughnuts and because it was still freezing cold we quickly went back on trail.

Weather was really bad, cold, cloudy and windy, frost has set on top of the trees overnight and as it got warmer wind was dropping bits of it along our path, it seemed like a budget hail.

On our next stop at the parking lot on mile 510 we had our second trail magic of the day! It was Mad Dog in his red van who decided to support his cousin on the PCT, giving magic to the whole community along the path. He shared some interesting stories about his life with us, including one about his ex-wife wanting to breed poodles then changing her mind, moving away and leaving him with ten of them.

After the break we walked remaining couple of miles really quickly, arriving at our destination in Hikertown at 4pm. Martha one of the keepers took us into her 'office', fed us tamales and found a place to stay - we ended up in a Circus Casino (alternatives being Sheriff's Office, Bank or The Chapel) with portrait of Nicky Minaj highlighting the front window and some funky 90s movies posters inside.

After dropping our stuff inside, we got a free ride to resupply at the local shop, then I took the coldest shower to date, we drunk a beer and watched an episode of 'Nathan for You', which turned out to be deadpan humour at its finest.

It was a fun and challenging day which ended up at really unexpected location straight out of a spaghetti western. Kapow!

Hikertown:
Mosquito Jesus and Mad Dog's trail magic:
mile 500:

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