Mon., May 30    Miles today: .4         Miles so far: 342.1         So. CA C

We REALLY “slept in” this morning–till 8:00 am!  Then it was less than half a mile of a very pretty walk in Crowder Canyon, till we reached the frontage road for I-15.  We got a good laugh out of the sign there which directs hikers to the PCT–AND to McDonalds! 

Hikers, hang a right here!

So to McD’s we went–and ate like pigs.  We were careful to sit outside, though–our clothes are not exactly pristine.  They smell of “eau de trail” even though we did take “baths” yesterday!  But when we started up the road toward the motel for our next resupply, poor Bill could hardly walk at all.  His right calf muscle just cramped up and was brick-hard.  We went at a snail’s pace the half mile to the Economy Inn, and Bill put on his bathing suit and headed straight for the hot tub, where he sat till his leg uncramped.  While he was soaking, I was doing our laundry.

The Economy Inn folks are VERY hiker-friendly!  They have a hiker register in the lobby, our resupply box was waiting for us, and they gave us a very nice room.  And the hot showers!   Ahh!!  It feels so wonderful to be CLEAN.  Once Bill’s leg uncramped,  we spent the rest of the day resting, writing, eating a big taco salad each, and drinking lots of water and juice.  It was a great “nero” day.   This is why we held off coming in yesterday, because then we’d have been rushed and couldn’t really rest as much.   And it was really nice to have some time to read in the little lightweight New Testament we’d brought along, without being so incredibly tired that it was hard to concentrate.  Then we went to bed early.  We are going to get as MUCH resting time as we can before getting back ontrail tomorrow!