Day 88- the Garmire crew

Eight miles was all I had today. Soon after waking up I saw a sign that said i had eight miles to go instead of five. That's when I had to kick it into high gear. I walked about as fast as I could for a couple hours and made it to highway 140. I finally made it to where my grandparents would pick me up at the trail at 825 and I was expecting the grandparents at 830. Once I connected with them, they came and got me. As their car came down the highway, a real skinny coyote ran across right in front if their car. They picked me up and surprised me with a couple homemade egg mcmuffins that were pretty darn good. They drove me back to their house and we talked and caught up along the way. Back at their place I got my chores of laundry, shower and food packing done and then we were off to pick up a few things. We hit Costco, and then went to the eagle point walmart that has some of the strangest customers of any walmart. Inside as we were beginning to leave, we saw wrangler shopping in the walmart. It was a shock because he had asked if I knew of any walmarts couple hundred miles ago and I didn't even think to tell him eagle point (near medford). We ended up giving him a ride to the bus stop since he already had a hotel in ashland. My grandma was so happy to be able to help him even a little. We made our way home, uploaded some pictures, and before I knew it, my cousins were on their way over. Between all my southern Oregon cousins, my brain was picked clean with no questions left unanswered. The best part was that everyone brought snacks, and wonderful dinners and desserts that were high In calories (what I need lots if). It was definitely the best overall day of eating on the trail. I was stuffed all day long. After showing pictures, eating and just catching up with family, I finally got to make use of my night with a real bed around eleven. Even though it was way past my bedtime, it was well worth staying up to see everyone. The plan for tomorrow is walk a little further down the trail when I can motivate my grandparents to kick it in gear and get me to the trailhead.