Day 25

Trail miles: 20.4

Total: 306.0

We woke up to frost covering everything. With the wind finally died down, it created a good environment for our first night of condensation, which froze in my sleeping bag. Everything else was under the tent so it stayed frost free. But out of the cold night, the coldest was putting my wet socks and shoes back on. The sun came out quickly so we were able to warm up fast. We took a lunch break at Deep Creek, where we took the time to rest and dry out our sleeping bags and tents. We skipped on trying to hitch to the malt shop because we wanted to get as close to the hot springs as possible without actually camping there. We figured Saturday night might be rowdy. We are camped at a site that’s marked as a water source, but someone commented that there are 3-4 tent sites above the stream. We are spread out in the bushes. Tomorrow we will try to beat the local Sunday crowd to the hot springs and leave as soon as some old man takes his pants off. Anyway, we hit mile 300 today! And met some nice people at the water source who came in by quad. They offered Brad weed, but he declined and later told me he would have rather them offered him their hot Cheetos. A true hiker trash response. Also last thought, why is everything keep trying to stab me in the desert? Every time I knock into a bush, it’s sharp and dry as heck. I’ve had enough!