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Another Nero Day (D-23 430.4 - 444.3)

Today was a short day (guess, it was a Nero since I stopped hiking by early afternoon). Had to pick up the food resupply box from Acton campground that Ravin had shipped a couple of weeks ago. Before that stopped by North Fork Ranger Station where the US Forest Ranger of that area maintains a wonderful water cache.

This is absolutely not a part of a Ranger's job, but he does it out of the kindness of his heart. This is a very key water source since there is a 30-mile section without any water but for this. Thank you, Ranger!

Acton campground is a commercial RV park & campsite which offers resupply pick-up ($5), showers ($7), laundry ($5), WiFi ($5)& overnight camping ($17), as well as has a small convenience store in it. 

Acton Park: Video of the park, if you are interested

The staff were very hiker-friendly and since I reached there around 1 pm, there was not a crush of hikers and I was able to quickly make use of the laundry and then shower. Interestingly, the laundry machines either accepted coins or could be paid via an app, and the app gave $5 for each first-time user. Used the app and my laundry was free 🙂. The only minor inconvenience was that since all my clothes were in the laundry, I had to sit outside the laundry room in a rain shirt and a towel warped around me, till the clothes dried 😬. In the larger scheme of things, sitting in the sun & reading a book while wearing a towel is not exactly an inconvenience 😀. Heated up a frozen California Pizza Kitchen that the store was selling and had it for lunch. So, now I can eat a whole 12" pizza in one sitting 😎! Checked out my resupply box and as expected there was too much food. I definitely thought I would be eating more on the trail and/or would be taking more time to reach the next town. Anyway donated some food (see below) to the hiker box, which must have been appreciated by the other hikers cos all of it was gone after a couple of hours.


Couple of interesting photos:
    Love the red!

I have been seeing these kind of pipe gates recently as we near the big cities. I am assuming these are for preventing any kind of motorized vehicles or bicycles on the trail. Just a guess though.

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Unknown said…
Super, you are finding some good Samaritans even in such a remote areas!!good luck🍀

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