Day 86- seeing some people I know.

Waking up with 18 miles to go in order to see grandparents did not seem bad, knowing I had until 1230 to get there and they would have lots of good food for me. Taking that into consideration, I put it in top gear and really flew through the miles. Not two miles in I passed John duncan's tent and kept on trekking. The day consisted of a small climb followed by a long downhill into callahans. The walk was littered with day hikers mostly hiking their dogs. Finally around 1220 I arrived at callahans and saw my grandparents already there with kfc, dump cake(my favorite), drinks, watermelon, and overall enough food to feed a small army. It turns out that it only takes a few thru hikers to eat like one. No need for a trail name, steady, nice and myself were the first to dig into the feast. Gourmet, and John Duncan seemed to get their fill as well. This was the official becoming of trail angels for my grandparents. They were a hit and the center of the party. It was even better that they knew many of the places in northern California that we went through including castle crags, lake britton, burney falls, and the John muir trail since my grandpa hiked it many years ago with a bit of a different style It was a great afternoon of lots of chatting and good stories. Sadly it had to end. I had decided not to stay there so I hiked 10 miles down the trail after they dropped me off. This leaves 43 miles to get to the highway where they will pick me up and take me to meet my cousins, and do some chores like laundry and figure out how I will get food for the rest of Oregon. Did I mention I finally got a shower today as well. I won't say how many days it was, only that it was too long. I'm surprised my grandma didn't faint when she hugged me. Last but not least my grandma brought me the best snack if all:nutella.