I'm currently at another trail-angel's home in Big Bear City. Trail Angel "Papa Smurf" picked me up from hwy 18 at the trail, got a shower, washed my clothes, had lunch and just had dinner (meat loaf, baked potato, corn on the cob, and broccoli), will sleep overnight in their yard.
Tomorrow early they'll drive me a few miles to catch a bus at 6:30 that will go down into San Bernardino where I'll transfer to a few buses to get me by about noon to Beaumont which is along hwy 10 near the other Angel's "Ziggy & the Bear's" place where I left my car. They will pick me up and drive me the 10 miles to retrieve my car.
I then plan to process some more picts (not sure where yet), do some resupply shopping, return with my car to the Big Bear/Silver Lake area to scout out the next leg between where I left the trail and probably Cajon Pass, a distance of about 60 miles, or probably a bit over a week of walking. There is another trail angel in the Silver Lake area about midway. I think there is a bus between Big Bear Lake and Silver Lake, so I might try something like leaving car at Silver Lake and taking bus Back to Papa Smurf's where I've kept my pack & get ride back to trail, walk to Silver lake, then maybe drive down to Best Western Motel to drop off pack, drive back to Silver Lake & leave car there, bicycle back to Cajon pass, do reverse-hike back up to Silver Lake. This shuttling would take another couple additional days. Maybe some alternative will develop. If not and bicycling turns out infeasible, maybe I'll take a break slightly earlier than planned below.
After getting to Cajon Pass, I'll probably take a break since the timing would be within the window of Stephen's visit home.
That would leave 160 more miles through the San Gabrials.
Oh, what about the hike so far. Hope to post more picts soon. It has all been very enjoyable.
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