We got to sleep in some this morning, not officially getting up and getting ready until after 9am. It felt so nice to sleep in! I went through the Burger King drive thru for a biscuit and then we took the car back to the rental place. We went in and attempted to bribe the man into agreeing to take us to the trailhead in the morning, instead of today. He said he couldn’t do that without us currently using the rental, but that if wanted we could have the rental another day, then when we return in the morning we could be driven to the trailhead free of charge. Well, ok then.
We kept the car. We drove down to the little downtown section and found a coffee shop/bakery to go in. Afterwards, we walked around a little bit before heading to the grocery store to grab some stuff for today and in the morning. We were back at the hotel and getting into the jacuzzi before 11:30am.
It was fantastic. We relaxed, floated, swam in the pool a bit, then got back in the jacuzzi. Today was just what my body needed. A real recovery day. Stretching and soaking. Soaking and swimming. I could have stayed in there all day. Except, we did have some stuff to do. We did a load of laundry so our stuff we swam in would be clean and dry.. along with the clothes I hiked in yesterday-especially those socks. Yikes.
We laid around the room and then sat outside awhile. We walked to Walmart across the street so I could get a new sponge. Then came back and decided we might as well have an early dinner.. so we drove over to the Mexican restaurant downtown. It was cute, but the food was bland. Don’t get me wrong, I ate all of my enchiladas regardless, like it was definitely doable, for sure, but not somewhere I’d want to back to. I would say I wouldn’t write home about it, but here I am writing to you about it now. Ha.
We got to the hotel and started packing and organizing our stuff to make tomorrow morning easier. We took turns showering. I got some Irish Spring soap because my Aunt Faye showed me a thing on Facebook saying it helped keep flies away. I’ll try anything to make that happen! So, we bathed with a new bar of that, and I cut some off to take with me on the trail. I’m planning to rub it behind my ears to attempt to keep those boogers away!
Now we’re laying in our beds, chillin. And sort of getting hungry again and debating on putting forth the effort to go get something else or not. LOL. Also, I’ve forgotten to take pictures, mainly because I’m so happy Andrea is here that I don’t like turning my attention to my phone, so I’ve just not picked it up much. It’s actually pretty nice, you know, to just enjoy the moment.
Anyway, I may fall asleep before we decide on getting more food. We’ll see what happens. Wish us luck tomorrow, it’s going to be a doozy Im sure.