Eagle Spring

The only one with the mayor, laundry and hot tub!

📍 Location: Idyllwild rest day.

🏔️ Elevation: not a lot!
🥾 I actually walked: no idea! But I bet it was a few miles. My Garmin charger has broken so I’ve ordered a new one from Amazon.
💰 Money: Laundry $5, Breakfast $22.80, resupply $85.
⛑️ Health: I feel like a new woman. All good and well rested.

☀️ Weather: Weird! It was very warm then a mist came over the town and it was freezing! A sign of things to come. I’m glad I’ve got my Sundick booties and down pants from my bounce box! It’s gonna get chilly!

🍲 Food: Loads! Corn beef hash breakfast with 3 eggs, followed by a plate of watermelon. Cherry pie (my favourite with coffee). Pizza for dinner. I’m stuffed!

💤 Sleep: slept like a log in the cabin last night. No sweats, so perhaps it was just the heat?

👨 People update: caught up with loads of people that I’ve not seen for ages. Supervisor Sam’s crew were heading out to summit San Jacinto at sunrise tomorrow. It was great to see them.

LEARNINGS:-
Listen to your body, it’s essential for survival.

THE LONG WINDED VERSION:-

💤 4.30am - Slept like a log! I was up at normal time and did blogs, postcards etc. I then face timed Matt & Rachel to say hi. It feels so good to see their faces and hear stories of home.

So today has been a day of rest (well, sort of). It’s actually been a day of chores:-

✉️ Collected my bounce box and changed into my town clothes (felt like heaven).
🍳 I had a text from DinkyDi who was in The Red Kettle Cafe having breakfast with The Royals (Amber & Harry). I joined them and had corn beef hash, hash browns and three eggs, followed by a big plate of lush sweet watermelon. DinkyDi started howling with laughter when she learned that the owners of the cafe were called Kath & Kim. We didn’t know what in earth was so funny, but apparently it’s an Ozzy TV show with two comedians called Kath & Kim. The owners actually looked like them as well so they posed for a photo. (You had to be there moment!).
🧺 Then went to the Laundry and washed my clothes (an experience!). If you’ve seen the episode of Friends where Rachel & Ross do laundry, it was just like that, even with the little wheeled baskets. 😂
🥘 Next stop was resupply food. I bought some meals for the next 5 days at Nomad Adventures £51 (thanks to Julie B, Gillian and Grace for their PCT donations). And then another $34 for snacks, water and breakfast stuff from the grocery store. My food bag is heavy!
🦯 Whilst at Nomad Adventures I asked if they had hiking poles. I only need one but they only sell them in pairs (at over $100!. “There may be one in the hiker box outside” said the owner. And yep, sure enough there was a Black Diamond hiking pole there which had my name on it. The guy who left it broke his other pole so bought a new pair. So a win/win. Hopefully these mountains will be a bit easier with two poles.
☕️ Disco Daddy turned up at the outfitters. “Would you like a coffee?”. Why not! We then sat and chatted in the coffee shop for a few hours! It was a lovely way to pass the time.

❤️ Idyllwild is such a lovely town. It has some strange shops such as “Dicks Dogs” or Happy Frog”. The buildings are all wooden and look like something out of a Western Movie. I love it and could easily spend another day here.

🐕 Probably the strangest thing and the highlight of the day was meeting the mayor. The mayor of Idyllwild is a dog! For real! See photos. It’s a golden retriever called Max. He also has a deputy mayor, whose name I’ve forgotten. The dogs were gorgeous.

🍕 I said goodbye to Max the dog and made my way to the post office to meet my Tramily. I posted my bounce box on to Big Bear (I should be there in about 10 days. We order pizza and then hike as a group to our cabin in the woods. Well, we started walking and a trail Angel called Grumpy Bear picked us all up and took us to our cabin.

The cabin is amazing! We get to work putting a detailed plan together of our hike for the next few days (well, Harry does and we all listen). We scoff pizza and drink beer (they have some lovely non alcoholic beers here).

🏊 Once we are settled then Amber and I jump in the hot tub in our underwear. Why not! Omg it feels so good (apart from a slight stinging feeling in a small open blister on my left foot).

It’s been an awesome day and I’m ready for the next section. Bring it on!!

PS - Thank you to everyone for my coffee pot donations. It’s all been a bit overwhelming and super appreciated. ❤️❤️Read more