Day 102

Zero day at burney mountain guest ranch

Thrilling day as the zero days are. I was very happy to zero this one time as I was kinda hurting this past section physically with my feet and mentally as I have laid out the past couple of days with all the bickering (fully resolved and back to my normal self). Got up late but couldn’t scroll as the wifi SUCKS. Got all you can eat breakfast but I didn’t eat enough to make it worth while sadly. Went outside to scroll and talked to wolfie for a good bit as well as rocklicker while Caleb read. So nice to get to know new people on trail. Eventually, we decided to play a card game called oh hell. It’s a mix of skill and pure luck and I was incredibly horrible at it. I would try to explain it but I am horrible at explaining games but it’s a mix of betting and getting higher cards to win. You can get negative points and boy did I take that to heart. At the beginning Caleb said it’s okay to get negative and most of the time people are in negatives at the end of the game. I was at -350… it was the lowest he’s ever seen. I was just horrible at guessing how many times I would win. And then I kept forgetting about the trump card. Anyway, none of this makes sense to you all bc you don’t know how to play but just know I was horrible at it. The cards were hella nice to shuffle though. Got one of the best compliments from Caleb saying I’m a good shuffler. Caleb won, wolfie second and me dead last. Super fun tho. We got twisters too during this game which is basically a blizzard so we were lovin life. After, we said goodbye to wolfie as he was trekking on in the heat of the day with a girl named mellow who we met around lunch time. She seemed super cool but she was only going up to the oregon border as she didn’t get enough time off work aka allowed time. Scrubadub left around 10:30ish. Probably won’t see those guys again but they were hilarious. I immediately hit the hay. Actually that’s a lie, Caleb and I smoked a lil, I ate an entire bag of Chex mix which is over 1000 calories, watched a lil amazon prime show, slept for an hour and woke up cramping in my stomach from all the food and salt I just put into it. Diabolical. True hiker trash right there. The nap was very much needed and it felt soooooooo goooodddd. Miss taking naps. Used to it all the time when we didn’t have to do 25-30 mile days. Not complaining tho! Just observing…we then got dinner again which was a millennial white persons dream of tamale casserole, and another type of Mexican food turned casserole form. They also had pasta, beans, rice, and a salad bar. It was good but I immediately felt sick as I had ate a nectarine before that I forgot I bought, as well as the Chex mix was still digesting. I had to take a step back as I felt like I was gonna burst. I did grab salad which I couldn’t finish and took to go later. They also brought out ice cream with churro chips which I had to eat so I forced that down the gullet which made me want to throw up but I kept it down like the brave girl I am. Mountain lion (9 year old who already did the AT), and her crew showed up before dinner. I think they think Caleb and I are dating as Slow made a comment earlier today that now I have glasses on how does Caleb look. Horrible as always. Joking but we do need to shut those fucking rumors down real quick. Caleb is scaring away the hoessssssssss. So mad. Anyway, Slow came to our table and said it’s great that it’s all you can eat because you can go to the bathroom and then make room for more. The man threw up bc he ate so much. Hikers love to stuff their stomachs as much as possible during zero days to make up for the calorie deficit they are constantly in, just to throw it all up. It was hilarious though. He’s a funny man. Spiffy who we also met a couple days ago ended up being at the ranch as well so we got to hang with her a little bit more which is always nice to have another woman around lol. After dinner I was so uncomfy with my stomach that I ended just laying down for the night. I hate feeling this full, I only know pain.

Caleb has been on one today with his little fart demons. Everytime he farts, he either makes eye contact with me or points his tush in the direction of someone and lets it rip. The demon has been out and about the past couple of days.