Monday, July 29th

Monday, July 29th. Day 41

Today's miles = 20ish. Total CDT miles = 601.2

I woke up this morning at the lodge and had breakfast there as well. The breakfast was not very good and the waitress was horrible. After breakfast we went to hitch back to the trail. Baboon made a sign that read "Not rainbows. CDT hikers to trail". If you're familiar with Rainbows then this will be funny to you. The Rainbow gathering this year was in the town of Wisdom which is a few miles from Johnson. 10,000 drug addicted hippies strolled into Johnson a few weeks ago and left the locals with a bad impression. When we got to town they assumed we were Rainbows and it wasn't until we explained we were CDT hikers that anyone was willing to accommodate us. I was standing out there holding the "Not Rainbows" sign when a motorcycle drove by. It turned around in the parking lot and stooped right in front of us. I had no idea what the driver was doing until she took off her helmet and said my name. It was Pounce from the PCT. Pounce and I started the PCT the same day and hiked around each other for the beginning of the trail. She is currently on a bike tour and just happen to be driving down the same road we were hitching on. After a few minutes of catching up with her a car stopped and gave us a ride to the trail. The ride would have been a three part hitch but this kind couple out celebrating thier honeymoon went out of their way and took us right to the trail. I couldn't thank them enough. After hiking for a while we ran into Panama and Frankin Feet (formally known as Bethany). We camped around them tonight after climbing a car trail straight up a mountain.