Kennedy Meadows Part 2
Happy Monday! Today is the second day of being in KM. Apparently the Grumpy Bear restaurant that we ate at yesterday isn’t open on Mondays and so we had to forage for food (well at least the vegan did) at the general store. Needless to say my pickings were slim and the options weren’t the healthiest.
Because he knew I was vegan, Saunter had made a veggie curry the other night in case one of the hikers that passed his van didn’t eat meat. This was of course after I had gone by that morning. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Anyways. He had some left over and he shared it with me for breakfast. It was very good. I ate with a real spoon and everything!
P got to KM after he rested an extra day in Ridge Crest and we finalized our plan for going into the sierras. We are going to attempt to summit Mount Whitney if the weather allows and we will stay together as a group and average about 10-12 miles a day.
Shortly after my experience with the curry i went into the store to find something to eat for lunch (currently lunch is used as a loose term that refers to the food you eat in between 10 am and 4 pm). Because hikers are continuously hungry we tend to continuously eat… so one lunch isn’t really realistic. Back to my “lunch”. I found some chips that I had been introduced to prior to setting off on the PCT by my mom so I got a box of those, an avocado that was extremely under ripe and ultra hard and for the first and probably the last time in a very very long time I drank two, yes two, soda pops. One that the hiker fam recommended and that I have only ever seen on this trip, Cactus Cooler (pineapple and orange… need I say more) and then a ginger ale. I didn’t feel too good after all the sugar and carbonation but at least I learned my lesson. The little burger place that is conjoined to the store opened post sugar and cracker/rubbery avocado consumption and I got a veggie burger and more chips. Naturally. I was so full after that that I actually layed in my tent and took a nap. What? Ya. That never happens.
After my nap and saying I wouldn’t have any more food for a year (ya right) it was dinner time. Of course, sugar leads to wanting more sugar so my dinner consisted of hybrid oreo, nutterbutter sandwiches and vitamin water. My body was going into shock.
Being in KM around so many people all at once is very different from what I have become accustomed to on the trail… not sure I like it.