Mile 101 to 110 Warner Springs

Today was a nice walk from Barrel Springs to Warner Springs, which included a stop at the famous Eagle Rock.

The rock not surprisingly looks surprisingly like a bald eagle stand with its wings partially raised.

Another treat was the trail. It gave up the mountains for wide open fields and long grass. It was a peaceful and relaxing walk in the early morning.

I arrived at the Warner Springs Resource Center around 9:00 and quickly settled in. The community is friendly to hikers and has free internet, bucket showers and laundry, bathrooms, and charging stations. Basically a five star hotel to hikers.

I took my shower, the first in 6 days, did laundry and hitched with B&B to the post office to pick up my resupply package.

Everyone was grumbling about their resupply because they packed too much food, myself included. I was basically just guessing when I packed that box weeks ago. I spent the rest of the day trying to gorge myself on my excess food eating three packages of Poptarts. By the third one, I needed to add Skittles to get it down. I also ate ramen, peanut butter, twizlers, and someone else’s plantain chips which I dipped in salsa.

There was a cool mobile gear shop in an airstream trailer where I bought a buff to protect my face and neck when I don’t want to wear my straw hat.

It was fun hanging with everyone and resting my feet. I have a blister forming on the top of my right big toe thanks to my Brooks Cascadia 11.

We are all camped under a huge oak tree behind the resource center. It was nice to have a short and relaxed day. Tomorrow we plan to hike about 17 miles.

Peace out and good night.