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Bike
Next day was my last hiking day. My options were hike 1 mile to a place where a shuttle could pick me up Saturday morning to get me back to my motorcycle, or hike several miles, camp, and then hike several more miles Saturday, and get picked up by the shuttle at 3:30, and then actually get going for home at like, 5pm. Given that Beth said I could crash in her guest room again, and because I was just not waking up at all that day, I decided to hike 1 mile and hang out for a day and get picked up Saturday morning. So that's what we did.
The place we spent the day was a guy's yard. haha. He's this awesome middle-aged guy whose land is on a river. On the other side of the river is the trail. He built a zipline across the river, so you can zipline over to his property. He lets hikers camp in his yard for free, and will let hikers sleep on his porch if they're shelter hopping and don't have a tent, or if it storms. He also has a fridge on the back porch that he keeps stocked with sodas for the hikers. He's a grumpy guy, but really considerate and actually nice. He's also got at least 4-5 dogs, but possibly more, and they were all really playful and ridiculous. He's also living the goddamn dream. He lives alone, has a small house on what I'm sure was cheap land, given how rural it was. He has 3 vehicles (including some sort of BMW sportscar that he took to a car show on Saturday), a motorcycle, one of those personal steam-room/sauna things, and who knows what inside the house. He's basically putting all his money towards toys, and it's amazing.
MY BIKE right before I took off. Love it.
Bike
Next day was my last hiking day. My options were hike 1 mile to a place where a shuttle could pick me up Saturday morning to get me back to my motorcycle, or hike several miles, camp, and then hike several more miles Saturday, and get picked up by the shuttle at 3:30, and then actually get going for home at like, 5pm. Given that Beth said I could crash in her guest room again, and because I was just not waking up at all that day, I decided to hike 1 mile and hang out for a day and get picked up Saturday morning. So that's what we did.
The place we spent the day was a guy's yard. haha. He's this awesome middle-aged guy whose land is on a river. On the other side of the river is the trail. He built a zipline across the river, so you can zipline over to his property. He lets hikers camp in his yard for free, and will let hikers sleep on his porch if they're shelter hopping and don't have a tent, or if it storms. He also has a fridge on the back porch that he keeps stocked with sodas for the hikers. He's a grumpy guy, but really considerate and actually nice. He's also got at least 4-5 dogs, but possibly more, and they were all really playful and ridiculous. He's also living the goddamn dream. He lives alone, has a small house on what I'm sure was cheap land, given how rural it was. He has 3 vehicles (including some sort of BMW sportscar that he took to a car show on Saturday), a motorcycle, one of those personal steam-room/sauna things, and who knows what inside the house. He's basically putting all his money towards toys, and it's amazing.
MY BIKE right before I took off. Love it.