another day of recovery

Day 84 ~ miles 1335.1 ~ 1338.4

We lazed around until exactly checkout time, trying to muster the strength to get back to the trail.  Despite all of our rest, we were still exhausted.  We made our way to a picnic table outside of our hotel and took a while to work on rehydration.  I drank as much ginger ale and Gatorade as I could stomach and we made our way out to the road.  Before long we had a ride back to the trail, though I was secretly hoping that we wouldn't get a ride so I could rest a little more.  Upon arriving to the trailhead, we sat again, attempting to gather the energy and motivation to walk.  We struggled to walk a mile or so on the totally flat terrain, before we had to sit down and rest.  Our energy was nearly non-existent.  We hiked a bit further to a spring, where we decided to take a long break, and eventually just decided to stay the remainder of the day. 

Near the spring were huge bags of Sugar Pine cones.  A crew showed up to collect more.  They told us they sell the cones for 50 cents each!

We were preparing for an early night into the tent, when Thor and Ferntoe surprisingly showed up!  We hadn't seen them since the High Sierras, and were glad to be reunited.  They hung out for a bit and hiked on for a couple of miles.  Hoping for more energy and miles tomorrow.