Legs and Borders

"I killed few rattle snakes before, skinned and cooked them with white wine and onion. They taste just like clam" Travis aka PepTalk. Very wet day, it was either walking on slushy snow or through rivers and streams. Snow melt is now in full effect and big portions of the trail are either running or stagnant water puddles. It was actually first day when I completely gave up on keeping my feet dry and were walking straight through all the water ahead of me. Guy with whom I camped last night set out really early, it must have been quarter past five, I heard him leaving and never saw him again today, he mentioned a couple of times how much he misses his wife and since he has just few hundred miles left to go (he is not hiking the entirety of PCT) that must keep him motivated. He's 66, what a Guy! I lost a couple of miles by walking on the wrong trail, before I checked it on my GPS I was already mile away, haha. The only other person I've met for the entire day was Travis ...

"Showers are for dirty people" Voodoo "Deflation of the mattress is the saddest sound in the universe" Tank Top After last night's party we have lost Mason to the hangover, he was unwilling to take any action in the morning so we left him by the inn and started walking about 6:45. Perhaps the problem was that he was only 19 years old so technically not allowed to drink, but who knows. Later on Tank Top got a text message from him saying that he is taking a ZERO day to recover. After around 14 miles, we had a long break at the Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area where we ordered a pizza and a drink, it took an hour and a half to deliver as the driver couldn't find the way in, the ranger who happened to be in the area helped him find direction over Tanks phone. I had a little dip in the lake here, but didn't go for a swim as the water was quite cold. An issue we've been facing today and will be tomorrow was the lack of water sources, after Silverwood...

"When I was hiking AT in 2015, I got my legs after a month." Wall-E "We were walking one day and we can hear rattling, it was afternoon so we though it was cicadas, then we turned around the corner.. and it definitely wasn't cicadas." The Dude and Bugs. It was a long and unexpectedly interesting day. We woke up in the morning after a night full of noises ranging from neighbours shouting above us, to train horns and helicopters. Tom wanted to get McDonalds in the morning, I wasn't that hungry since I finished eating yesterday's pizza (microwave even had a pizza setting!) but I wouldn't say no to a coffee. We set off from the room at 6:45 and headed towards nearby McDs but unfortunately it was closed, so we went to a Starbucks instead. Uber driver picked us up half an hour later and by 8am we were back on the trail. I didn't have the best start, my shins were a bit sore from the four mile push through the windy desert last evening, so I said to Tom...