Day 58- trail magic reappears

It's been 300 miles since we had on the trail, magic in walker pass and it was so welcome again. It was extremely awesome to have rides in onion valley, but the unplanned trail magic is the best. After camping a couple miles down from Donahue pass, we walked through the patchy snow and thick mud all the way through yosemite valley. It was beautiful. The meadows were green and usually full of snow and for a while it was out of reach of most day and weekend hikers. Sadly though, we entered the national park where it was a zoo. I did get plenty of congratulations and handshakes from people amazed at the pct hike. Finally I got to the store and got my ice cream. We hung out for a while, ditched our bear cans, and sat at the picnic tables and then the magic happen. Shamus and his daughter I believe showed up to perform some trail magic. They had chips pop beer and burgers what more could we want, and the Danes mom came with brownies bagels and cream cheese. It was so awesome! I love the unexpected trail magic. Sadly everyone began to leave even the trail angels and we decided to hike to glen aulin campground for the use of the bear boxes. Along the way it was real flooded over the edges of the bridge and the trail, but not too terrible. Apparently it peaked a couple weeks ago. Tomorrow we will hike 24+ miles to get out of the bear canister zone and be home free for the rest of the trail.