Up and ready to go early......but maybe we'll just put our feet in the hot springs before we go....then that turned into, let's just get in for a few minutes......an hour later, ahhhh, okay, time to hike now! 8am and heading north. Walked over a beautiful bridge over a massive gorge on our way, then down to the Mojave river dam and lost the trail for a minute in the bushes, but quickly back on track. We crossed the river on a log, Neighbor held my trekking pole while I crossed for balance, sometimes I'm not that graceful on balance beams over deep flowing rivers! Walked a few more miles and came to a van where we found Marlene handing out rootbeer floats! Trail Magic! yeah! Reminded me of my great grandmother, she always made those floats! And it powered us right up the hill! We'll have to have more of those on the trail, thanks Marlene! Also saw Gordon who is driving Nimblewill Nomad's support van. Hiked a few more miles and saw Gordon again, he gave us gatorades this time and then Nimblewill came walking up the road and we got to meet him (he's sorta famous in the hiking world, he'll turn 70 this year and he's hiking the PCT) He's very nice and wow, in shape! We hiked a few more miles, not really planning on making it all the way to Silverwood Lake, but we did....another 22 mile day. The campground was full, so we kept walking and then Chief Chi hua hua found us a pavillion with picnic tables just off trail to camp for the night! We made some Velvetta mac and cheese (thanks Priscilla) and called it a night! Oh, tomorrow there is a McDonald's just off the trail somewhere and that is all everyone is talking about! I'm thinking Vanilla milkshake!
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