I’ve decided to hike through the Sierras with Enterprise, Paint-peeler, 4-Mil, and Two-Shakes. I met these guys and Bandylegs, the girl they were traveling with, back around mile 144 at a water cache I’d happened to camp at. They then bought me a birthday milkshake and I proceeded to camp with them for 3 of the following 4 evenings.

I know people a week up and down the trail in each direction, and I’ve had the option to join several different trail families, but I’ve settled on traveling with these guys. I was wanting to hike the Sierras with Aardvark (who is called Grace in the normal world, she’s the one I started Trail with back on April 15), but I heard she went down to a doctor in Bakersfield, so I was afraid she’d not get here in time. I came back to the General Store to plan out logistics with the trail family I’ve now chosen to hike with, but then found out she apparently had just gone over to Grumpy Bear’s to find me. I’m hoping she’s planning to hike out tomorrow because then I’ll for sure see her, and can potentially still hike with her. In the meantime, I’m also hiking with some really rad people who I was lucky enough to meet 550ish miles ago.