vidette Meadows - Onion Valley 6/25/10 11 miles

Today was a big day. We were so excited to get to come into town! We jumped out of our warm sleeping bags and hit the trail this morning. The hike up to Kearsarge Pass was a tough one. The trail was so scenic. We got some awesome pics of the lakes on the way up. They didn't even look real! The Kearsarge Trail was still covered with a lot of snow and was really rocky. When we finally made it to the backside of the mountain we caught up with our friends Pacer and Square Peg. We carefully stepped in the slushy snow, trying our best to get to the bottom. Finally, we made it down. Trail Magic appears! A cooler full of beer, bacardi and snacks! A cold beer never tasted so good. There we sat, drank, ate and waited on our trail angel, Peanut Eater, to take us into town. It was a nice 13 mile ride down the ever winding road into town. We parted from Square Peg in Independence, as she went back to Hawaii to spend time with her husband. We will miss you! We appreciated Peanut Eater's generosity and hospitality in dedicating his vacation time to taking care of hikers. From his experience in hiking the PCT last year, he is well aware of the difficulty in getting rides into town. First stop in town, Subway! We had been building subs in our heads for miles and miles along the trail. We ate, checkec into our room, showered, did laundry and rested. We picked up our AWESOME mail drop box from Melanie and received many yummy goodies! Thank you so much! Tonight, we went to dinner with Pacer, Sky, Marianne, Your Mom, Pony and Hui. We ate some good greay food and drank 50 cent beers! Fun times. We made calls to families and realized even more how much we miss them. Sleeping good tonight in a REAL bed and happy about a zero day tomorrow! KB