Rose and I mailed ourselves food for this stretch, since the marina at the lake didn’t have a full grocery store. We underestimated the amount we needed, so we decided to go to Payson today after all. The hike was about 10 miles to the highway where our friends had already coordinated a ride with a trail angel. We got to town and crashed in the hotel room. We were still exhausted today, despite the smaller day yesterday. The trail is wearing on us at this point and we talked a lot about calling it, and skipping ahead to the parts we’re really excited for. Going to sleep on it though.

P.S. Try to find the people in that last photo!