Day 6-the town of 200

Last night real late another hiker named Andrew came in and stayed at barrel springs with me. Then in the middle of the night I woke up to rain and rushed outside with no glasses or contacts on and had to throw the tarp over my tent. It kept me dry enough for the night. Andrew and I both slept in trying to wait out the rain. But no dice. I then walked the ten miles into the town of 203 people:Warner springs. It was an interesting walk in. I was in my rain gear from head to toe but still everything got wet. My shoes were soaked and weighed a ton. Along the way I passed the famous eagle rock and then walked right through some kind of cow farm. They were all up and down the trail for around 400 yards. Who knew a cow could be a little intimidating. When I would lock eyes with them as I squeezed through them they seemed to be letting me know how much bigger they were than me and that I better not piss them off.
Then I finally arived in Warner springs and went straight to the post office and picked up another 14 pounds of food. And I thought my pack was heavy before. Now it must be well over 50 and even more when all my waters are filled. After getting that and some esbit for my stove I went to the golf course resort clubhouse to eat(one of two places to eat in town and they are never open at the same time). There I met micaya who was a section hiker with way too heavy of a pack and too much gear for the only 200 or so miles he was planning on. He had been in town a few days already. He said i could use his room to shower and dry my stuff out and even stay the night if I wanted to. So after my Berger, extra fries, house salad, and 3 cokes I headed up to his room at the resort. I dried all my stuff and got a GREAT shower. About the time my stuff got dry I saw the sun coming out so I decided to get some miles in before the predicted rainstorms of tonight and tomorrow on into Wednesday. So I got six or so more miles in and am camped on top of the most awesome ridge about trail mile 116.
In the town I met lots of other hikers and most had been staying there a couple of days. This is partly why I wanted to move on and not end up staying a couple days and also to save some money in order to afford my 15 plus dollar meals when I get into towns. I guess I burn lots of calories. In town I saw matt from georgia again and he knew the scoop on the snow at the higher elevations and relayed it to me. Sounds like I could hit some in the next 50 or so miles. That's about it. I may try for a big day tomorrow. Also a special thanks to mom for the great dehydrated eggs and hash browns that was my dinner. Turned out delicious.