Cibbets campground to mount Laguna campground - 14.8 miles

Total: 47.4

Planned to wake up around 6:30 to get on the road by 7ish but I woke up around 5:30am and couldn’t fall back to sleep. Someone last night had a buzzer going off at 3:30am for at least 30 minutes. I was fuming to say the least. I slept with no fly on thinking I was cool and shit and then I was kinda cold, very humbling. Took our time to get ready and then started the long haul up. This was our biggest climbing day but I personally like it because it doesn’t hurt the knees like the downhill does. Instead of my knees hurting, my calves were extremely tight and hurting. Easy water carry but after we refilled, we headed up to mount Laguna when we heard this repeated boom, almost felt like a military helicopter going womp womp womp. Then a breeze followed. We didn’t think much of it as there was a military warning up ahead so we pushed through until mount Laguna. By the time we got there, I was hangry and wanted food ASAP. Plus my feet hurt. Not to complain too much. Sat down and ordered a fine ass pulled chicken sandwich with the good fries if ya know what I’m saying. The crispy, crunchy, golden ones that are hard to find annd only at local restaurants it feels like. Mouth watering just thinkin about it. The only thing disturbing the peace was a table of guys that had drunk FOUR PITCHERS OF BEER. The waiter guy would go over there to them and laugh and jump in the guys laps and then come over to us all stoic. Rude. Learned the sonic boom was a 5.2 earthquake that happened close to Julian which is 30ish miles away from us. Wild because I didn’t feel a damn thing. Decided to camp at mount Laguna but took a short cut through town instead of the PCT. WHOOPS! DONT CARE! PURIST CAN HATE! Still walking to Canada so it’s okay. It was much needed bc my feet fucking hurt. Got to the campsite with reroute as Teflon and sandstone had booked a place; laid out for 2 hours to give my feet a rest. Already feeling better but we will see. A new blister has formed on my left foot, as I think it was feeling left out (bitch). Taped that bad boy up and feelin good. Called mom with one bar of signal and it was practically us going back and forth saying “can you hear me?” Before we hung up, it made me want to cry as she is so supportive and I love my parents so so so much. Tearing up now. Called hunter but my service is shit and somehow in Salt Lake City his is even worse. Kinda good though because I don’t think I would’ve been able to get a word out without bawling. Plus I gotta keep my street creds up so had to hold it in. BUT crying bc you miss your boyfriend is cool so no shame in it. Currently eating one of moms meals that she bought which let me tell ya it’s fucking amazing. The hiker hunger is hitting me early but I’m not mad about it. First hot shower at a campground felt amazing but was too short. Trying to push to Julian over the next two days as we get free pie! Long story short, I’m tired and miss everyone but being out here is still so fun! Pictures aren’t really loading on this shit nor am I taking enough but you can only take pictures of the desert so many times. Gotta have some variation, so I’ll get that out to my 3 fans real quick.