Day two started as my best start ever: 9 miles before 11am. It got more and more tricky, however, as I had nowhere to refill my water jugs all day. I actually went over 30 hours without a water resupply. And while I started with a gallon jug, that's actually very little for all the hours and miles and sunlight to do. And anyone who knows /ROFL knows how much he loves water.
We met a few cool people, like 3 Germans who had come for Burning Man and were now cruising around in a van. We talked about Burning Man some, since I too just got back from it (they liked Ain Hammer: "Great place to meet other Germans"). A nice lady said she'd give me a ride anywhere (this was before we ran out of water), or call her in an emergency, say if something happened to the dog. I told her I'm from Reno and not to worry but it was good to hear there are "Trail Angels" here watching over.
Although there's not enough trail! Supposedly soon they will finish a section that goes around, but we had to go over 3 miles on roads, at the peak of our thist (roads, among other things, are almost never shaded). It was here in "civilization" that we (il)legally finally got some water from a tied-off spout by a hotel. We now finally get back on the trail underneath a Heavenly ski ramp (it's about noon on day three). Get me back in the woods!
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