Monday, April 30, 2018 7:04 pm
Location: Horse Trail Camp (508.1 miles)

The wind overnight sounded like it was blowing pretty hard, but thanks to my campsite selection, there wasn’t much in the way of wind blowing against my tent. It was still a little cold, though, and I wound up sleeping in until almost 7:30.

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Sunday, April 29, 2018 9:56 pm
Location: Maxwell Trail Camp (493.0 miles)

The morning at Casa de Luna started out with another great treat: pancakes for breakfast. (And also, coffee, for those who drink it.)

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Saturday, April 28, 2018 9:04 pm
Location: San Francisquito Valley Rd / Green Valley / Casa de Luna (478.2 miles)

With Casa de Luna only 12.3 trail miles away (and another two miles of roadwalk), I wanted to get going relatively early so I could spend more time relaxing. I was actually successful at that goal, getting up early enough to be hiking shortly after 7.

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Green Hills
Friday, April 27, 2018 8:48 pm
Location: Campsite 465.9 (465.9 miles)

The first shuttle of the day into Agua Dulce was at 7. In theory, if I was efficient about it, I could have packed everything up before then, gone into town for breakfast, and then hiked out from there no later than 8:30. I might have actually been ready by then, except I saw Hulkspiration while I was packing, and then spent a good half hour talking with him instead of finishing.

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Resupply at REI
Thursday, April 26, 2018 8:30 pm
Location: Agua Dulce / Hiker Heaven (454.5 miles)

My extremely busy zero day, involving two shuttles into to town, three restaurants, a trip to REI, a food resupply, and a trip to a movie theater, started off somewhat relaxed, with a ride into Agua Dulce for breakfast.

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