Dislocation Discomfort Disruption

As soon as the sun was up the windmills stopped. Big climb today up out of the valley.

Religious literature at the water cache.

Good to get back on the trail after a long break. Left with a group at the start. I stopped at lunch while they continued on. Was not a hot day but pretty cool, long sleeves needed.

Church came to me this morning. I learned early in the morning there was to be a service at 11:00am. Pastor Glen works at Hikertown and was cooking up multiple entries for lunch. It is a Filipino community that meets once a month here. I told him about coffee hour and he says they do a full on potluck feast.

The older generation was brought up Catholic but the service is very Evangelical. They did start with the Lord’s Supper as a remembrance. It was followed by a worship song with numerous verse. It lasted over fifteen minutes and I was the only one to not know the words. Pastor Glen gave a fifteen minute sermon which ended with a call.

I was the only hiker to accept the offer to join worship. All the hikers accepted the offer to join in for lunch.

I also joined my 7:00am meditation group. A good reminder that communities of others really assist me with my practices. They vary greatly left to my own time while on the trail.

May choose to hike the next section which is the Los Angeles Aqueduct early morning or at night. Two trail families left this evening. This the biggest group I have encountered so far with nine. Hikertown is a hostel and has a few small rooms.

Today was a thirteen mile road walk around a fire closure. Fortunately there were very few cars. Two drivers stopped to ask if I needed a ride or any other assistance. I thanked them for the opportunity and continued my walk. I was in camp by 1pm.

Seems there three ways to deal with a closed trail. Walk the closure, walk the detour, get a ride around the closure.

Four other hikes walked by the campsites. I setup for the night. They walked the closed trail.

A dozen young men showed up for training which promptly started at 4:00pm. Winds never let up in the evening and a storm did blow in with some light rain in the middle of the night.