Today was another great day. We were woken up earlier than planned by a hiker shouting for his buddies. He had apparently lost the trail on the ridge above us in the dark. Though his reaction was a little obnoxious at 3 something in the morning, it definitely got us moving and we were able to knock out most of our climbing before it got too hot.
We made it down to Willow Springs Road shortly after 11. We'd heard it could be a difficult hitch, so the boys made themselves scarce while Wildflower and I worked the street. Within minutes a guy driving a flatbed tow truck pulled over. We were in luck! He had room for all 5 of us!
Nips, Wildflower, Histo, Snausage, and I are splitting a room at the Best Western Hotel. Our room is awesome, and we are really enjoying Tehachapi. The town is much more compact than we expected. Histo, Snausage and I walked downtown for lunch before we even took showers. Priorities! After lunch and showers, we took naps and then did some hot tubbing. We went out for a BBQ dinner and then returned to the hotel for Ben and Jerry's and more hot tubbing. We are definitely living the life of luxury.
Tomorrow we plan to clean out the continental breakfast and then hit the exercise room for a team workout (just kidding!). In reality, it'll be the usual town chores. We plan to hitch back to the trail head tomorrow night to position ourselves for an early start the following day. The stretch is going to be rough, but our next stop is Kennedy Meadows! Crazy! We'll be hiking out with 7 days worth of food and a 25 mile dry stretch. We'll definitely be relieved to get that day behind us.
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