Miles: 635.0 | We pack up fully intending to hike out, but over breakfast it becomes obvious—we’re exhausted. Instead of forcing miles, we resupply in the heat, drift back to the hostel, and slowly accept that rest is the better choice. Dinner in town turns into another night at Angel’s Rest, complete with an unexpected birthday celebration, cake, ice cream, and easy company. We crawl into bed early, grateful we listened to our bodies and let the day be exactly what it needed to be.
We thought we were going to head out in the morning so we packed up. I made Miles and I breakfast. The more we sat and ate, the more tired we realized we were. Some people were going slackpacking but neither of us wanted to do that. We went and did our food resupply at the Food Lyon. It was hot and sunny. We hung out at the hostel for a while and realized maybe we should just get dinner in town and hike out.
We got some Mexican food again and headed back to the hostel again. We decided we weren’t going to leave and set up the tent again. We were sitting up near the Hiker kitchen and one of the hostel owners came out and told us that it was Mark’s birthday and they had gotten him a cake and ice cream! We all sang him happy birthday and shared cake and ice cream.
We hung out with Sparty and Murdock while their owners went and got dinner. After dinner we went to bed early.
