We zeroed today which is so nice for my leg to try to heal even a small bit. We hitchhiked into Salida, grabbed food at a little bakery, and shopped.
Britt is the name of the lady who picked us up and she was so sweet. We were planning to grab a crockpot and she said if we couldn’t find one to have the hostel owner reach out to her and they would let us borrow theirs. So sweet and shows the small rural hospitality of these mountain towns.
I also shipped my tarp home. Great design and good execution, the seams didn’t rip with all the tension I put on it, just needed more seam sealing I guess and scotch guard. Need to test it at home.
We hitched to the Walmart which put us closer to the edge of town where it was more likely that we would get a hitch to Monarch. The guys name was Paul and he told us about walking away from a car wreck getting hit by a bus at 60 mph. Said that the police asked how many were dead in the car and he said he was the only one in and without a scratch. Zany.
He was super right about the hitch. We got one in 10 minutes. The guy had an AT sticker on his car. Hiked it in 2013 and just moved out here after. It was a neat connection. His name was Papa Smurf.
We then chilled around the house while Turd put together enchiladas for dinner tonight. Once done, we headed up to the rally races. This specific race is the 3rd oldest Motorsport race in the country. It’s pretty cool. Up there we met some locals who gave us a breakdown of the time trial. It was pretty cool but not really my scene.
We played 5 games of Gravitas and Firefly did some cleaning around the hostel. I’m trying to stretch my quads to prepare for this upcoming week.
We’re trying to finish on Thursday and try to catch a sunrise at Mount Elbert which is the highest point in Colorado on Friday.
We finished the enchiladas and they turned out delicious. I could only eat one which is unfortunate but still delicious.
We ended up chilling and going to bed.
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