Best food/Meals
1. Stehekin bakery
2. Dan's cooking in Tehachapi
3. Baring store
4. Maureens sandwiches
5. Taco salad at BLYC
Best milkshakes
1. Chester/pine shake frosty
2. Seiad Valley/restaurant
3. Cascade Locks/Charburger
4. Ashland/Callahans
5. Etna/Breakfast place?
Best towns
1. Stehekin
2. Idyllwild
4. Ashland
5. Shasta
6. Wrightwood
Best Trail magic experiences/most needed at the time
1. tied for first: Dan in Tehachapi, Marlyn and Maureen in Wrightwood, Casey and Catch23 at Twin Buttes road in WA
2. Okie Girl at Walker Pass
3. KC saving us a liter of water from a cache and only taking a liter for himself for 20+ miles
4. Honey Bee and Stumbling Norwegian at Stampede Pass
5. water cache outside Tehachapi by Larry and Daniel
6. Warner Springs community center
7. all water caches
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Worst water sources: (that we actually got water from)
1. McIver spring (Water was so bad we couldnt even drink it and just went without water for 7 miles)
2. Stagnant pool by Sulfur spring
3. Horse trough at Sunrise Trail head
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4. Rusty colored pools after Paradise Cafe
Favorite Camp Spots: These aren't in any particular order.
Scariest/Creepiest Moments
1. The very scary owl that followed us for five minutes and kept swooping down near our heads. Nate decided to stay up and cook but Jenna went straight to bed. Not sure it was worth cooking dinner on a foggy dark night with that owl nearby.
2. Crossing a creek in Washington at 9 pm when it was pitch black. We had no choice but to cross the river due to extreme danger of rock fall in the small canyon we were in and it was listed on the maps as a dangerous crossing.
3. The loud screech in the middle of the night on the endangered species detour in Southern California.
4. The hitchhike to the Anderson's house where the guy showed us his target that he had shot his new guns at and warned us not to steal his tools.
-Jenna (totem) and Nate (jungle cookie)
