Today was awesome. Nugs, Tourist and I woke up early and cruised the 3.5 miles to Highway 50 where we tried to get a hitch into South Lake Tahoe. The passing motorists weren't showing us any love, so we eventually gave up and walked an additional 1.5 PCT miles to Echo Lake Resort where we are hoping to yogi for a ride. When we arrived, the resort was pretty dead. It was still early in the morning and there weren't many people leaving. Our chances of yogi-ing a ride seemed small. Fortunately a thru-hiker named Cowboy had left his number on a bulletin board near the store. He was taking a few days off to nurse an injury and was offering rides in his rental car. We gave him a call and he was happy to pick us up.
Cowboy offered to drive us to the PO before dropping us off at the hotel where we planned to rendezvous with Action Pack and Mellow. The PO was good and bad. The first good part was mailing off my bear can! So happy to get rid of that thing and shave 2.5 pounds off my pack weight! Other goods were the great cards from Aunt Joe and Kirsten. Thank you so much! The bad news was my new shoes did not arrive. I had an email from Fed Ex saying they couldn't send packages to a General Delivery address. Totally untrue, but there was nothing I could do about it at that point. Argh!!!
After we got dropped off at the hotel, Nugs and I set out to get chores done. We hit the gear shop where I bought some new shoes, and resupplied at the grocery store. Nugs grabbed McDonalds and we went to the laundromat. In addition, I picked up a new pair of earrings at KMart (lost one a couple days ago) and got my eyebrows waxed! Yes indeed, I'm trying to be a girl sometimes even out here!
Back at the hotel, I took a shower and relaxed. I was pretty happy about getting so much done. I'd forgotten to buy HEET and a new journal but Nugs and I managed to run pick those things up before dinner. Definitely a successful afternoon! Oh, I also called Fed Ex and am getting the shoes bounced to Sierra City, my next resupply town.
Dinner was a blast. We hit the AYCE buffet at Harrah's, just across the state line in Nevada. Tourist's grad school friend, Rachel, joined us for the evening. Nugs and I took the bus but she was able to fit everyone else in her van to get to dinner. The bus ride was fun. It was neat to get off the main strip and see some other parts of town. The casino area was cool, and we really felt like we were a long ways from the trail. Dinner was epic......we were there for almost three hours.
Getting tired so going to try to wrap this up though I won't do it justice. Post dinner we tried to go to this outdoor concert on the beach that the folks Mellow and Action Pack had gotten a hitch from had told them about. Unfortunately, we got there just as it was wrapping up. It seemed awesome though, and we were bummed to have missed it. The good news was there was an after party with more live music at a bar called Rojo's right down the street. Some peeps we'd met assured us that it would be worthy, so we decided to give it a shot. To make a long story short, we had an absolute blast! Possibly the best night yet! The band was called Good Gravy and they were a bluegrass/jam band from Ft. Collins, CO. SUPER fun music, and we danced the night away. So, so glad we checked it out.
Definitely a great town stop....back to the trail in the morning!
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