We eventually walked through a long tunnel under a highway and popped out into a county park with these awesome rock formations. It looked like what I picture Utah to be like- or another planet. I literaly think some old Star Trek episodes were filmed here. We wove through the park as clouds were suprisingly thick in the sky and even dark in the distance. It seemed rain was falling somewhere.
The trail briefly walks the road as you enter Agua Dulce and here is where trail Angels Jeff and Donna Saufley have what is known as Hiker Heaven (www.hikerheaven.com). They have arranged their property to accomidate over 50 hikers at a time. There is a mobile trailer, full bathroom, kitchen, an RV,& large tents with cots. Donna does your laundry for you, while you can pick out some fresh loaner clothes to wear. There are bicycles to ride a mile into the town grocery or restaurants. And they even have two vehicles for hikers take and drive wherever they need to!(including REI!)
As we turned off the trail route and down the Saufleys street Donna herself stopped to pick us up. We arrived and got our names on the shower list and picked out clothes to wear. We grabbed cots to sleep on, but soon got upgraded to the RV! It's a small Winnebego style with the bed over the drivers seat area. It's probably early 80's vintage and doesn't look like it's moved in a decade, but it makes a plush home for us.
We get on a list to drive into an REI gear store. It turns into quite the adventure in an old Volvo station wagon and five hikers who don't really know each other. We picked up some new shoes and were able to eat at a Wood Ranch with awesome BBQ! It was a late night, but we were looking forward to our zero day!
Total Miles:454.4
Miles Today:18.2
Camp 25: Hiker Heaven RV
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