Day 57
Today's Miles: 18.8
Sunday morning we woke up and got going about 7am. We had a decent mileage day in mind, just looking to get to the next water (Robin Bird Spring) 18.8 miles away so as not to push my shin injury too hard. We got off to a quick start and had 7 miles done before we knew it while hiking under more windmills.
We spent the whole day leapfrogging hikers as we took many breaks to stop and enjoy the forest we were hiking in.
We briefly interrupted the lunch of these cows.
We were poking along at a relaxed pace when we came upon Cosmo who looked a little flustered at Hamp Williams Pass. Apparently Cosmo had been taking a nap near a log just to the side of the trail when he woke up to find a Black Bear just inches away. He said the bear spooked as soon as he woke up and took off up the trail, but this having happened maybe 5 minutes before we showed up; his adrenaline was still pumping.
After hearing Cosmo's story we headed up the trail in the direction the bear taken off with a trekking pole in one hand and a camera in the other. But with no sighting in the next mile or so, we settled back into a good pace with mile 600 just minutes away. But....it would have to wait a bit longer.
We were just a half mile short of the 600 mark and walking on a dirt road when suddenly a truck pulling a trailer came around the corner. The two guys inside said if we were interested they and their families had a cabin just a quarter mile down from where the trail joined the dirt road we were on, and we were more than welcome to come have a bite to eat. Not wanting to turn down free calories, we jumped right in the trailer and they gave us a bumpy ride to their cabin.
After a couple roast beef and turkey sandwiches and some watermelon, we started back up the road and soon hit the 600 mile mark.
Unfortunately, there was no marker so Twist and I quickly made this one.
We hit Robin Bird Spring and set up camp along with 7 other hikers...who were all slightly jealous of the sandwiches we had packed along for dinner.
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