August 29

I slept really well last night on the fresh soft grass at Green Springs. I found the Swiss couple from the night before right away and they offered to let me use the shower in their room before we left for town. I gladly accepted and had a nice conversation with them on our way into Ashland. Once in town, I found breakfast, coffee and wifi in one place and waited around until the Taj Indian Cuisine opened for their lunch buffet at 11:00. There I met up with Jason who has been resting his foot for a few days, and ate an unbelievable amount of food. After an hour and a half we went looking for wifi and found an ice cream and coffee shop for dessert. We didn't even notice there was no wifi until after buying ice cream and coffee, but stayed for two hours anyway. Then we caught the bus to Jason's hotel room for the night, and even though there was an extra queen bed I still hitched out to the trail and hiked 5 miles in. I'm 60 miles from Seiad Valley and should be able to get there by Saturday night. Two 30s are easier than two 32s. The extra 2 miles is a lot at the end of the day. I might try to do a 32 tomorrow so all I have is a 28 on Saturday.