Ridgecrest

This morning I woke up to the sound of my first alarm and began getting ready right away. I got out of my sleeping bag in record time. I was ready and all packed up by 6 am. Teeth brushed and waiting for DB by 609. We had a 1 mile walk from our tent site to the road where we were going to catch the bus to Bakersville (which is what we thought was the larger town AH was referring to when we were planning our zero day). While we waited by the road a man stopped to take a picture of the monument that had been erected for the founder of Walker Pass. He asked us what we were up to and why we were sitting on the side of the road on such a cold morning. He also enlightened us that Ridgecrest (the town in the other direction) was much closer and had a super Wal-Mart (the one thing AH had mentioned about the town as well). I instantly knew we needed to start attempting to get into that town instead. Without having to ask the gentleman offered to take us into town and we jumped on the opportunity.

After getting a short tour of the town, we were dropped off at Denny’s for a warm breakfast. A quick search on my phone showed me a tasty vegan option and I was not disappointed.

Post breakfast DB and I loitered in our booth for a while being antisocial and staring at our phones. I made a reservation for the close by hotel and then we walked there to see about dropping our packs off before going to Wal-Mart for a resupply and fresh food.

Wal-Mart is not a place you want to be without a plan. I needed to get two days worth of trail food and a couple dinners for my Kennedy Meadows resupply but I left with four bags of food and I’m still not sure I have everything I need. I did leave with a bag of cuties, pineapples, strawberries, carrots, cucumbers, and red cabbage. Oh and the essential hummus to go with the veggies.

AH and P finally got into town after three hitches and went straight to a Chinese buffet for breakfast and lunch.