Day 15-rockstar status

The day began bright an early at 615 at the hostel. I guess I am just wired to get up when the sun does. I found matt from Georgia already up and we decided to go get breakfast at the grizzly manor because we heard it was good. When we got there we both scanned the menu for the biggest thing they had. It was called the polar bear and it was huge. First they brought out two pancakes bigger than any I have ever seen. Then came the bacon 3 eggs and hashbrowns. It probably could have been 3 breakfasts for the average person. I ate all mine and with a little trash talking coming from me matt ate his too. We were stuffed and they said to us that no one ever eats the whole thing. They were all amazed and we were celebrities among the old timers in there. Then it was back to the hostel and getting dropped at the trail head. It all was good except for the fact that my pack was extremely heavy with over a week of food in it. We hiked. No really together but pretty close. About 10 miles in at van Dusen road just out of big bear, there was a tour going on with what looked like some rich LA people who had never hiked a day in their life. The guide asked me to come over saying that these people would love to see someone who was doing it. They were firing off questions so fast I could not keep up. I was their hero it sounded like. One lady even got a picture of me. After that bit of fun it was onward.

I met a few hikers today, unsure of their names, but the fit the age category of people on the trail: between 20 and 30 or over 55 for the most part. I got 20 miles in pretty quickly but then I hit the wall.I saf there after dinner with no motivation to walk. A few hikers walked by but I did not care. But then out of the blue robin from paradise cafe, almost 150 miles ago showed up and I decided to walk with him for a while. He is a 62 year old from England who loves to talk. He has been everywhere and been through a lot in his life and gave me the whole story. And better yet before I knew it we had gone 5 miles and the sun was just going down. So it all worked out in the end. I probably won't see him again as he walks much slower than me. He is only hiking to around mile 600 anyways. All in all everything fell into place today even though parts of it were rough. I am camped around trail mile 291. We shall see what tomorrow has in store!