Kearsarge Pass

We woke up early again so that we could potentially get into town earlier than our originally planned 11 o'clock. Getting up early ended up being unnecessary because we got over Kearsarge Pass really quickly and ended up at the trail head before 8 am. We hung out there for two hours until one of the motel owners actually picked up his phone and agreed to pick us up. While we waited we met a few people who were passing through.

Once we got to Independence and after we picked up our resupply boxes, we quickly decided that there was nothing there and started trying to hitch to Bishop for our recovery days. We had zero luck for a really long time until a group of fellow hikers pulled over and let us cram into their rav4. Apparently, 6 people and one doggo are able to fit. Not necessarily comfortably but we fit. Oh, plus 5 backpacking packs. Needless to say the 40 miles drive from Independence to Bishop was not the most legal thing. After my arm fell asleep multiple times from laying awkwardly across the three backs-seater's laps we finally got to the motel we had arranged accommodations at. I got my own room and P and AH shared another one. BUT our rooms were conjoined! I found that very amusing.

I hung out a little bit after laying out all my gear to air out while waiting for laundry to be done so I could take a shower. I found out that Legs was in town taking a few zeros and he came over to hang out and ultimately get food with us.

After our feeding, we went to the grocery store to get more food. And yet again I over did it with the food.... The good news was that I was able to share my vegan ice cream with a fellow vegan hiker, Lake, as well as Legs.