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This section of the trail is full of wickedly wild hospitality. We hike for a few days then hang out for two days. We Started Section E at the amazing Saufleys House in Aqua Dulce. The Saufleys have everything a hiker needs, a trailer to stay in where we could cook for ourselves, a nearby grocery and bikes to ride there and back, a resupply drop and a full service postal station in their garage and an elaborate array of hiker boxes. We stayed for two nights, One day was a shopping trip to town, I bought new hiking pants SIZE SMALL! some water shoes for Jay and I and several ditty bags to organize my new Ultralight Backpack. I also got a new camera.That night Donna took Jay and I to a fabulous French Restaurant for Mothers Day.
The Sauflys also have two Persherons. Jay got to ride the 18.4 hand male named Rick.
Then we got back on the trail and had a lovely time hiking through green hills on our way to the Andersons in Green Valley. Again we eddied out for a whole zero, two nights of beer drinking conviviality Joe and Terry Anderson, the whole vally seems to support thu hikers. The Andersons are Hippie Day Care kick back and relax!
We left the Andersons and climbed up into more Green hills climbing and hiking 15 miles to Maxwell camp. Jay and I slept in our new (claimed from a hiker box at the Andersons) North Face tarp tent. It is a 4 oz shelter that is held up by hiking sticks. 6.5 lb tent sent home. Then the next morning our crazy hiking partner said "Let's get to hikertown tonight, it's only 26 miles". I laughed. By 7 PM we were in the hiker lobby at Hikertown. Jay loves this place, they supply vehicles to the film industry. Any car you can imagine is here. The whole place looks like a miniaturized western town. We are taking another zero here to recover from our 26 mile hike. Even Utah is hobbling around. Jay is fine he got here and ran around like a banshee until 11 PM.
Dustin is now known as Radio
my new haircut at the Saufleys
Cool looking rocks on the trail
Chemical Burn and Radio on the trail
The Andersons unbelievable OASIS. Beer, gatorade, chairs and decorations.
Our new haircuts
From left to right
Joe Anderson, Me, Jay, Radio, Terry Anderson, Chemical Burn
Radio and Chemical Burn are always way ahead of the Slackin' Mattsons
Oh, I have walked 500 miles
And I will walk 500 more
Hey - great work! Keep it up. Like the new 'do . . . here I am, living vicariously through you as I sit in my office researching our summer travels for this year. Considering a float on the Green River - any outfitters you can recommend? Any Escalante "must-see" stuff? There for most of June, and then up to Oregon's Blue Mountains. Look for us in our new (used) Highlander Hybrid!
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