Day 51

Zero day in Kennedy meadows

Woke up early feeling great. There’s one bathroom at the general store that we are camping at for free and with the amount of people that are here right now I knew the line was bouta be long as hell. So I got up and moseyed my way over to go to the bathroom. No line. Beauty. It was also 5:30am so idk why I thought there would be a line. Went back to my tent and immediately felt ill. The hungover from last nights case race hit me. I spent the next three hours fighting demons. Waves would hit me and I would feel queasy. I planned how I would throw up just in case if it happened. I had a trash ziplock that I would fill with my vomit if need be and I would try to do it as quietly as possible so no one would hear me. I couldn’t do it outside my tent as people would see me and hear me which would be WAY more embarrassing and I couldn’t use the bathroom because it is too far away and what if I create a line and then everyone knows. So that was my plan. I laid face up staring into the Abyss while listening to my audio book the red rising by pierce brown (plug) with my arms above my head internally moaning as wave after wave hit me. I also had a pounding headache that I took ibeprofen for after I ate a snickers. That was all before I felt like shit. Luckily, it never came to that. Around 8:30 I mustered up the courage to step outside and test out if I could stand and not throw up. I was a very brave girl. I did not and I knew I could make it to breakfast but I dreaded the fact everyone would see me walk in. I made my way over to Marc and Caleb at breakfast who immediately asked if I was okay as I have reputation for being up early. Informed them how I was fighting for my life in my tent. The breakfast here was great: sausage, big ole blueberry pancake (all you can eat), eggs, fruit, orange juice (sunny d, ew) and hash browns. Delicious but I knew I couldn’t eat the eggs or it might make me sick so I gave them to rock licker. After breakfast I called dad to figure out logistics for when he comes in 2 DAYS!!! If you have ever tried to figure out logistics while still slightly hung over, sleep deprived, and sweating your ass off from the heat of the ball of fire that we call the sun, it is terrible and not fun whatsoever. Again, I was a brave girl and we got it done. We aka rock licker and Caleb and me (sorry way too many ands but I’m too lazy to change it now so I’m going to write this long ass explanation instead) then decided to head to the river about 0.6 miles down the road. It was perfect until it got cloudy and cold so we headed back to the road and try to get a hitch to grumpys for lunch. We got one but I was squashed between Caleb and rock licker sitting sideways which was so uncomfy. We got to grumpys and immediately ordered chicken nuggets, and two pepperoni pizzas. I got mine but Caleb never got his so he waited basically two hours for the most mediocre pizza. We got to catch up with this one couple that I can’t remember their names but I love the woman’s voice. I could listen to her for hours plus she’s funny. During this time there were some dark rain clouds rolling in. We knew that a thunder storm was coming as the forecast predicted it but this looked mean. We waited for a hitch and after multiple failed attempts a guy in a pick up truck pulled up and told us to get into the bed. All 9 of us jumped in quick, tighltly packed together with everyone’s new gear, held on tight as the guy respectfully drove into the thunder storm. Everyone not close to the front was starting to get pelted with day rains drops. Based on their reactions it looked like they were getting shot lol straight to the eyes. We got back to the general store just as the rain subsided but the thunder was still booming close by with flashes of light streaking through the sky. Just as I was walking to my tent rocklicker who left earlier than we did said hi and I saw how comfy he looked in one of the two hammocks that I just had to join. I spent the next 5 hours I wanna say swinging my lil heart out and scrolling reels on that hammock. Marc and Caleb would come in and out and eventually hang out fully with us. Caleb was a menace with the noises today. I think he misses Ben lol. We can’t be the Ben for him like he needs us to be. It was funny tho. For about 2 of those hours I tried to get caleb to go grab my quilt as I was just cold enough to be slightly uncomfortable and I gotta live up to my trail name of Goldilocks. I need everything to be just right. Eventually I think he caved as I did get my quilt and it made leaving the hammock even harder. I was soosoooo comfy. But rock licker was sleeping there tonight so eventually it was time to head to bed.

I need to add this story here but it was told to me yesterday. Louisa had a friend that got so incredibly drunk on a night out that he tried to jump over a fence that had those spires on the end of them. It was a black stake basically. When he jumped he landed on them wrong and he got stuck. They had to give him a trash can to balance himself on it and cut him out of the black metal spire fence and bring him to the hospital. Louisa is telling us this and going through the pictures and she gets to the last one and guess fucking what. One of the spires had gone right through one of the guys balls. No blood or anything just a clean shank. He was so drunk that he barely felt it but that’s why they had to cut him out because he had punctured his balls with the fence. This is my new favorite story and I will be telling everyone I know about it.

Omg also it’s a really big thing on trail to get a Fanny pack and wear it for easy access to shit so I bought one and I already love it. It is also nice for town days and you basically have everything you need right there. Haven’t tried with the pack but I’m excited as it frees up pocket space for more shit.

Another note is I’ve gotten so lazy now that showering seems like such a big hassle when I don’t have easy access to it. The shower is outside and you have to pay and it seems like such a big deal so I still haven’t showered and I know I smell so so so so bad. I’ve done no chores actually today. I will productive tomorrow I promise.