May 21, 2024 - Day 4

Accidentally slept in a half hour too late this morning but slept well at least. Got going quickly after making a quick cup of my morning concoction of instant coffee, hot chocolate, and carnations. Amazing hike out today as we climbed along the mountainside throughout the morning. Made it to mile 50 where I went to take out my phone and dropped it on the ground. Managed to crack my 3x lens but the normal still works. It’s a give and take. We kept pushing until 1PM and managed to knock out 16 miles by that time.

Running low on water, we had to walk a mile down a service road to find a creek to filter. We had lunch there and I took a siesta until around 3:30. After waking up we ran into Chloe from Australia grabbing water in the same spot.

We realized we could push another 5.5 miles to camp by water, so we packed up and headed out. Spoons, Fully Charged, and I had dinner and watched the sunset. One of the best I’ve seen in a long time.

Taking a half day in Julian tomorrow to rest some sore bodies.

Happy dreams…