Adios Bousquets

Day 78, Mile 1174.7---This morning i was treated to another wonderful breakfast prepared by Esther, it was so very tasty. The majority of the morning was spent getting all my stuff packed and boxed and ready to go. Larry and Esther drove me first to the PO and then to the trail, got going about 12:15. Once again it was hard to leave. At least at the last two stops i had the next one to look forward to just a day and a half away. This time i won't see family or friends until the Oregon/Washington border. I was about 5 miles in when i wished i could just go on auto-pilot for the next month or so. I know this doesn't sound very much in the spirit of adventure but so far the best times on the trail have been meeting family and friends along the way. The Bousquet household falls squarely in that category of "best times". I had a great time there, and i couldn't have asked for a better place to spend my birthday. The rest of the day went well up until it got dark. I turned on my headlamp and the "high" setting output was weaker then the normal "low" output. I changed the batteries at the Bousquet's, and noticed it looked weaker but i attributed this to the fact that i was testing it in the day time and therefore it just appeared weaker. I have been using the high setting for this whole blog post and i can barely see the screen(i usually use it on low). It's also a little bit disconcerting just cause its my only light source. It sucks right now because i am camped too close to a road and someone has their car parked near with the radio blasting. Hopefully its not some whacko, i can illuminate the attack with about one lumen at best. It just got dimmer, grrreat, yeah so lets say 1/2 that then. Alright i am going to attempt sleep. Thought of the day; you have to leave one place to arrive at another. Songs of the day; Changes by Tupac, and the one that goes each morning i waaayke up, beforrrr i pudawn my makeup, i saaayy a little prare forrr youuuu, by someone. Craving of the day; more cantaloupe and watermelon.Post Script; Esther gave me about a dozen cookies to take on the trail and i had zero left by 6ish.

JWC on the PCT