The three Amigels

I'm not going to make this one as long nor am I going to break down everyday, but I hope you find it interesting. 

I'll pick up where I left off, actually about 10 minutes after I posted my first blog my tent stake ripped out and my tent collapsed with me inside. The wind had to be about 35-40mph it was howling. So after I fixed it and tied out two extra guy lines I tried to fall asleep, except my tent sounded like I was on a sailboat so I ended up collapsing it myself and just connoting camping (sleeping under the stars) on top of it. The next morning I woke up and and got going, I had planned on only doing 13 miles, but when I got there Willie was around and he introduced me to this awesome guy named Dude. Dude is a triple crowner which means he's hiked the Appalachian trail, the continental divide trail, and the pct. He's acrually done the PCT twice before, this is his fifth start. He's about 55 and hilarious. Imagine a real life TheDude  from the Big Lebowski. Anyways they said they were going a few more miles and camping up on Eagle Rock so I decided to join them. It was awesome, this rock looks like a giant eagle with its wings spread and we cowboy camped right between his wings.  

That's what the rock looks like, I wish I had a better picture. Here is one with Tom and willie and how we slept. 

I woke up the next day and had only a 3 mile hike into Warner Springs where I had a resupply package and I was taking the entire day and night off. This town is literally a center for hikers and a post office not much else. The place we were at was great though, run by a bunch old ladies who took care of us like they were our grandmas. There was food to buy and they even drove us to the post office be lounged around all day and i finally had a chance to open up all these blisters and let them dry out. We camped under an oak tree and in the morning we had breakfast and got out of there around 11. 

I met up with a few people who I hadn't seen since mount Laguna, Bentley, Gaven who has now been named camel because he never drinks water, and Julia. Bentley, Camel, and I took off and Julia stayed behind. We were only going to do 14 miles that day, but when we got to where we wanted togo there was no where to camp! We decided to cook dinner there and move on to a trail Angels house 3 more miles down the trail. We were expecting heavy winds and maybe our first rain so we basically ran those last miles. When we got to the house we couldn't believe what we saw. We expected to just be able to camp on there lawn but they had a cabin built just for hikers and a camper as well. The camped was full so we took the cabin. It had army cots so we wouldn't have to sleep on the floor. After settling in for about 5 minutes we heard a loud car horn and a lady showed up at our door saying dinner was ready. We had no idea that was coming! We went into a warm house and had lasagna and BEER! Finally I've been craving a cold one since I've left and it was everything I wanted! We sat around and talked with the trail angel for awhile and then went to bed. The next morning we awoke to another car horn meaning it was food time. This time homemade breakfast burritos and coffee! We each are a few and headed off, my feet weren't feeling too good but after about 20 minutes everything warmed up and I was moving. It usually takes me about 20-30 minutes of hobbling down the trail till my feet are really ready to rock and roll. That takes us to where I am now, mile 144 and in a tent in a boulder field. I'm camping with Bentley, Camel, and Nathan (the one born in Fairfax). The neat thing about me Bentley and camel is that we are all Eagle Scouts. We've decided to call ourselves the 3 Amigels. Too bad camel gets off at mile 210, he's only section hiking. 

Here is all three of us, camel is on the left and Bentley on the right. I guess this post was just as long but I hope you enjoyed reading. Tomorrow we have an 8 miles walk to the Paradise Valley Cafe and then a long hitch into the town of idlewild.

 I forgot to mention I'm having my dad ship me my Nikes to try and see if walking in what my feet are used to being on will make them feel better, they're alright for now but just not great. 

Happy trails everyone,

Nick