The shuttle to the trailhead today left at 8:30. Normally, I would have had a problem with such a late start, but I was going to be slackpacking south today from the Trico Tower Trail, back to the Terrapin Station hostel, so getting an early start wasn't so critical.
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I woke up around 5:30, and unable to get back to sleep, I just got started with my day, and left camp at 6:45, a record for me. (Also a bit of a necessity, since I was going almost 23 miles today.) Before leaving, I left a message for Beast in the shelter log, in case he was just somewhere behind on the trail and caught up eventually.
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We almost met our start target of 7:30 today, but wound up leaving at 8 because Beast tried to dry his shoes in the dryers at the camp laundry. This wound up not working because the dryer doors didn't lock shut, so after a few minutes of running, the door popped open from the weight of supporting the shoes (so they didn't flop around the dryer).
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Beast, Lea, and I had breakfast at the Big Meadows lodge. Beast and I then made some final adjustments to my insoles, and we drove back to the Lewis Mountain Campground to continue from where I left off.
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