Goodbye Wrightwood!

So, I finally left Wrightwood this morning (Sunday 27th) around 9:45am. The guy who let us stay at his guest house drove us to the Cinnamon Bakery in the morning for breakfast sandwiches, cinnamon buns, and of course, coffee

After breakfast I got a super quick hitch from two ladies that were passing the trailhead. I was staring down Mt. Baden Powell from the parking lot wondering how I was ever going to be able to climb it with my leg the way it is. I ate some Ibprophin and just started walking....slowly. Somehow I managed 16 or 17 miles today despite my turtle like pace.

My leg was better today than any other day that I have hiked on it so far. I only had to take pain meds twice and even now while resting in my sleeping bag it isn't throbbing like it has been all week. Dare I say if it stays like it is now I'll almost stop complaining about it. Not that it wasn't painful; it just wasn't excruciating.

Tonights camp spot is pretty much next to a parking lot...hidden between some bushes and a picnic table. There was a sign this morning about bears. Apparently there is a sparse number of brown bears in the area and the sign was just urging us to use caution with our food. Brown bears are different than the black bears on the AT but I'm not anticipating any trouble.

A few ladies said that this cold streak we have been having should end after tonight and the temperature should be rising to the seasonal norm again by tomorrow. I don't know what I would rather have: barable days but freezing nights, or barable nights but blistering days. I don't suppose I get to choose so I'll just keep walking..