Woke up today after a terrible nights sleep and ate breakfast (Apple jacks) in bed talking with everyone around me. Apparently there was lots of good star gazing last night, including a meteor that illuminated the ground.
Packed up and was ready to hit the trail at 7. Bummed around camp for another 10 mins, before shake & bake and Eloise wanted to leave as well. We all said okay and agreed to start hiking. Except when we went to walk towards the tail, each of the 3 of us went different directions.
Pushed a fast 5 miles and was at the water cache at mile 91 by 9:07. Walked down to the water and took one liter. I ended up sitting around talking to everyone for about an hour before heading out again.
There was still some wind around today, but not as crazy as it has been, just enough to be able to hike through the hottest part of the day in relative comfort. Took a lunch break with most of the same people from last night around 12:30, and then moved on. Checked out a small cave with Phil and then kept moving to get to the mile 100 marker. Had a celebratory drink of rum, took some pictures and then pushed on.
After some minor confusion we made it to the barrel springs camping area with a horse trough to get water from. Washed my feet, had more rum, set up camp, and made dinner. This was my first on trail riceroni and I was really impressed. It's only 7pm but I'm already in my sleeping bag. Tomorrow should be fun.
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