PCT Resupply in Idyllwild
Idyllwild
March 19-20, 2022
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Just a couple weeks after dropping Em off at the start
of the trail, the dogs and I drove up to Idyllwild in the
Eurovan to meet up with and resupply her. We got to meet
Ranger and Rapunzel, two hiker friends who would be part
of her tramily for the next few months, and had a really
good time wandering around in the midst of so many through
hikers.
Although I hadn't packed any gear, it's easy enough to
sleep in the van. So we stayed the night in a little
campground right in town, and Em got a break from
sleeping on the ground.
But having a hiker friend with a car is an opportunity not
to be missed, and in the morning I was in hot demand by a
few hikers who wanted rides to places.
The first guy looked like a bedraggled homeless guy, and
was an acquaintance who wanted a ride to a certain trailhead
about 5 miles away. While the kids got coffee, I drove him up.
I asked what had brought him onto the trail.
"Well, I was working at Goldman in Houston, and I wanted a
break so I save enough to be able to take this amount of time
off." Goldman?? What were you doing there? "I'm a commodities
broker."
The other fellow had the trail name of Reverend, and it turned out
he was a cloud computing specialist, so we could talk about that.
He needed a 3-hour ride, all the way to LAX, but it was nice to
have company on the way home. Henry sat on my lap the whole way,
and even got sick and threw up on me twice. Reverend didn't seem
to mind. yea
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