We had a great (but overpriced) breakfast and gaped at the prices in the small store there ($2 for a snickers; $2 for grandma's cookies which have $0.59 stamped on the package, etc).
We got ahold of our friends, Annie and Aaron, who live in nearby Bend, OR. They were going to be out of town for the day, but they tempted us with the offer to pick us up later that evening to stay at their place. We had originally planned to se them at Santiam Pass, another 50ish miles down the trail, but Mark's shoes were pretty well spent and it was questionable whether they'd make it 50 more miles or not (see photos we put up a few posts down for a visual).
We went back and forth and changed our minds a few times, ut when all our hiking friends decided to take a day off at Elk Lake, we decided to go in. We called up a trail angel in Bend who picked us, JZ, and Boomer up and took us into REI so we could get a few things done before A & A got back. After a great meal, we relaxed on a fantastic patch of grass and watched people float down the river on anything from tubes, to pool rafts to bedroom blow-up matresses.
We were super excited to see A & A! They used to work with us at Heritage and we've managed to see them twice since they've moved back to Bend. We've been looking forward to seeing them since central california; we've met some awesome people hiking the trail, but there's just something great about seeing people we knew beforehand. Very refreshing, not to mention they are just fun people!
Total Miles:1958.3
Miles Today:6.6 (+1.1 side hike)
Camp 97:Aaron & Annie's- Bend, OR
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