Day 22
Miles: 11
Total Miles: 347
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| Justin, 3-Bears, Matt, Ben and Christina enjoying lunch |
First came the double Sausage McMuffin w/ Egg meal with a large coffee and hashbrowns. Two hours later came lunch: a grilled chicken salad and large strawberry milkshake. Two hours later came the...indigestion, ill-feelings and general desire to lock myself in a dark, quiet room and sleep! The food was not settling but I had already spent 5-6 hours here and needed to move on lest they decide to put me to work!
It turns out that ill-feeling was not just a case of greasy food shock to the system. I had contracted food poisoning! Two miles out from I-15 and it hit fast with the big "D". I had no time to dig a cat-hole - I barely had to time to run off trail behind a bush. I SHOULD have turned around and run back to the freeway and stayed at the Best Western down the road, but I convinced myself that it would pass quickly. Big Mistake! I went another mile and had the urge to lay down and take a nap, where in the midst of this misery, a solitary humming bird floated above my face in mid-air and examined this new creature who had invaded it's territory. I momentarily forgot my misery and delighted in the presence of this other sentient being observing me.
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| Humming Bird in the Desert |
After the nap I hiked on another 2-3 miles to a wonderful water cache by a dirt road - complete with lounge chairs and Calistoga water. Here I made camp and after a few words with some other hikers, turned in early to try and sleep it out. Little did I know that later this night would begin one of the most miserable 24 hours on the trail yet.
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| Unfortunate Graffiti on a trail sign looking down on Deep Creek |
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