Day 45
Today's Miles: 7.5
This morning we slept in a bit (again) and had another helping of cinnamon and vanilla pancakes at the Anderson's before they gave us a ride back to the trailhead. We had already scheduled to resupply in Lake Hughes, only about 7 miles away, and to check out The Rock Inn there in town so we knew it would be an easy day.
We climbed up from San Francisquito road and met a fire crew on the way up. It felt good to pass them, but as we did, neither of us envied them for the hoses and other equipment they were hauling.
View to the South.
View to the North.
Before we knew it we were at Lake Hughes Road and hung a right for the two miles into town. But wouldn't you know it....a friend was waiting just a few feet from the trail to become number eleven so far.
About a mile or so out of town, Twist and I began to smell smoke. Soon after a woman drove past yelling out her window that there was a fire.....but gave us no other information and just kept driving. We decided to keep moving forward and soon came upon the site of the fire.
We checked into The Rock Inn and since Twist had been complaining that she had a bite hurting her on the hike in, we took the opportunity to check it out. Come to find out it is actually three bites, not just one and all are pretty swollen.
We think they are spider bites. We will have to monitor them and hope they get better.
SO, to dull the pain and itching of her bites we decided to head down to the bar, check out the band and do what hikers do. Eat!
The Rock Inn was truly a side trip we are happy we took. The people have been great and we would definitely recommend the short trek over to future hikers.
-Tailgate
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