Day 35 : The Andersons

25th May 2013
No miles
Mileage : 0
Today was a weird day. We intended to stay up until the afternoon and then hiking out in the evening, but invariably we stayed  later, until the next morning in fact. But we should have left earlier. Today was the first day that i felt bored. Zero days are really only zero days in terms if hiking, but usually there are a lo of chores to do. But not this time. Given the zero day at the Saufley's all my chores were done, so there was nothing to do but do nothing, and that felt very weird indeed. It also felt weird because it is clear that the herd is slowly catching us up. Seeing all the new faces after weeks of seeing the same few felt odd, uncomfortable even. When hiking you live in a bubble of people just ahead or behind you, and the rest of the hiking pack (this year over 900) don't really exist. Although im sure my Hiker group are no different to any other, seeing so many groups together seemed to intrude on my 'wilderness experience'. I wasn't the only to feel this and we all agreed to get out early the next day.
I should point out however, that although the  place felt weird, the Andersons are incredible. Although the house is small the property is large enough for over a hundred hikers. Every morning the cook pancakes for everyone, and every evening they cook taco salad for everyone, what they do is amazing!

An as yet unidentified hiker, me and Terry Anderson

Life at Casa De Luna is difficult