Today was a lounging day.   I was planning to go into town to resupply, but after looking over the contents of the store at the ranch, I found all I needed.    

Found a my box with my new treads.  I’m now comfortably equipped with size 12 LA Sportiva’s.    My old shoes did about 700 miles and held up surprisingly well.   Now they go to shoe heaven.  

Lot of hikers coming in/out of here.   Most stay for a day, some for 2 days.   Soho and I were talking to a really trippy dude named Megaman.  

Megaman used to be an amateur boxer and was raised uber-Mormon.   While he was on his missionary gig (I guess it is 2 years), he decided it wasn’t for him and ran away.   He had a big bag of nuts to eat.   Meanwhile 30 Mormons and the cops were looking for him.   His parents told the cops he was a suicide risk.   I suppose there was some truth in that, because he later got hospitalized because he ate too many of the same nut and got some kind of poisoning.

So now this dude is on his own hiking the trail.   Because he (now) believes one should control his own fate, he does not want to grow old and die of Cancer or whatever.   He has decided instead that at age 40 he is going to Alaska and pick a fight with a bear.   Mano a Mano and see what happens.   Someone should implant a go pro in this guy’s forehead and sell the footage.    

Taking off early tomorrow morning.   I’ve been writing blog posts, but this place must be on a satellite Internet connection.    Downloads are fast, but uploads are incredibly slow.   Have to post at the next stop.