Another early morning...seems they all start between 5:10 and 5:20. I think that's when the birds start singing. We had two miles on the trail before beginning a ten-mile road walk. Yes, another detour! This was for poodle dog bush. The detour led us by a memorial for a couple firefighters who were killed in the 2009 Station (?) Fire. The forest fire was the largest fire ever in LA County.
We were happy to be back on the trail at mile 430. Not as happy however to learn that there was no water there as we had thought. After a quick snack we headed to the ranger station at mile 436 and a hopeful water cache.
Yes! The cache existed, along with shade trees and picnic tables! We took a long break to eat and rest our feet. Joey discovered a couple blisters :(
We took enough time rest, refuel, rehydrate, and use the bathroom. There have been so many campgrounds and picnic areas in this section, Double D probably thinks there are toilets all along the PCT.
We made the decision at this point to push on to the Acton KOA Campground eight miles away. This seemed smart at the time. Six miles into it, we were stumbling along the meandering trail hoping and praying it would end soon. We barely made it to the campground, just as the little store on site was closing. No cold sodas for us :(. We did however get a shower and tent sites.
Earlier in the afternoon we were treated to some wildflowers. Because it has been a year with low rainfall, the wildflowers haven't been abundant, but we found this display to be really pretty. Unfortunately the poodle dog bush has been the dominant flower in this section of the trail.
I think with the end of Section D we will have reached the end of poodle dog bush and detours, at least I hope so!!!
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