Day 84-last day in Cali

First of all I apologize for having some trouble keeping the day numbers right on the blog. It seems I cannot count to 100. Will second grade take me back? I got up at 500 this morning to try to get the 21 miles I had to seiad valley in early enough to climb the hill out of seiad valley and edge closer to the Oregon border. I camped at the top of the 16 mile downhill into the tiny town and got a good start. I had enough food for a small breakfast so I ate that and then i had to make it to seiad for my next meal. I began the descent to grider creek and met a guy from Vancouver who is doing some section hiking with his friends. I pushed on and finally got to the first crossing of the creek. Since all crossings were bridged I didn't have to worry about getting the feet wet. This is the point I realized I needed to crank up the music to get through the next 11 miles. I put on the headphones and started moving real fast. Before I knew it I had made it to the grider campground and the start of the 7 mile road walk. At this point I was out of food and very hungry. I had to push on. After I joined the paved grider road there were some blackberries that seemed to only make me hungrier, but at least it was something. I finally made it to seiad valley and went straight to one of the three buildings in town: the cafe. I had a great burger and fries with a coke in the opinion of a starved thru hiker it was great. After this I got my 3 packages including an angel food cake from my sister! I packed up and then went for some ice cream and candy bars from the store. Sadly the store was out of AAA batteries so I will have to go s little further with no headlamp. I also got to download some sports talk shoes with the cafe's wifi to listen to on my way up the 8 mile hill out of town. I was off then. I grinded up the hill to the tune of the podcasts and caught up on my sports news. I also arranged to meet some cousins and grandparents at callahans in 2 days. The views after making it up the 9 mile hill in hundred degree heat made it all worth it! Another amazing sunset from there high ridges and another day feeling on top of the golden state!