Water tank to Julian/scissors crossing - 8.6 miles

Total - 77 miles

Woke up bright and early this morning at 5:20 and on the road by 5:50ish. We busted out the miles to the most gorgeous view of mountains at sunrise. Absolutely gorgeous. We then hitched a ride in with Caleb’s brother into Julian and got pie, ice cream, and a free drink. It was so good but that much sugar in the morning killed my stomach a lil and I got full quick asf. Then we headed over to 2 foot adventure and got some supplies then to the grocery store to do a resupply. THE PRICES ARE SO EXPENSIVE. I gotta let it go tho becuase that’s how it is going to be for the rest of trip. Doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt though. Garnola bars were $3 EACH. Brutal. After we resupplied we went to a restaurant for a meal which I could barely finish bc I felt so goddamn full for some reason. I got nachos but the nachos weren’t as good as Lake Effects’. I didn’t charge up at the restaurant and immediately regretted it as I thought I had another charger pack but that had less than half a battery life left from I’m guessing the cold. Brutal once again. We dropped Christian off at his Airbnb and then headed back to under the bridge to camp. It is so goddamn windy that I doubt that I will get any sleep. At least 30 mile per hour gusts but there is a lil blockade trying help with breaking the wind but it ain’t doing a good job. I am so fucking done talking to people. I need some goddamn alone time to decompress but I have to be on the entire time to talk to our group but I’m done talking but I don’t want to be a recluse but I want to be a recluse. Miss the girl gang a lil I can’t lie. I need more introverted people so I can be my true self so we will see in the next coming days what we will do. I think that’s the most mentally hard thing about this so far besides missing people back home, is trying to be more extroverted when you are fully drained. Last night wasn’t bad as I was hiking alone pretty much the entire day but as I was surrounded by people that I don’t fully know, I am drained and want to be mute for the entirety of tomorrow.