A very early morning as we rise when the sun hits our tent. 'Shakin' goes past at 6.30 heading south, doing a slack-pack in concert with 'Lifeguard' who will be heading north. He stops and chats in a deep southern accent: 'Help yourself to a Pepsi from the back of my car parked at the next road.' We arrive at the road, open the back of the car and help ourselves to a Pepsi. We laugh at our good luck and toast Shakin. We are drinking Pepsi at 7.30am, when 'Graham Cracker' emerges on to the road. 'Come and have a Pepsi!' we shout. She thinks we have broken into somebody's car and helped ourselves to their stuff, and is shocked. We leave a lolly on top of the two empty cans for Shakin.
We have a very long day ridgewalking following old logging roads, until we reach a swing bridge at Kimberley Creek. We decide to turn left and leave the trail to go half a mile along the road to Trent Grocery and Service Station, where we camp, shower, use the laundry and eat pizza. The campsite is filled with large caravans owned by deer hunters - it is not the deer hunting season until October, so the camp is empty except for a smattering of hikers. Teenwolf arrives, without Sequoia, Shakin comes in with Lifeguard, and Worn Heel also catches up with us. We have quite a social and relaxing time. Worn Heel sleeps under one of the caravans covered by a sheet of plastic.
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| Digby eating and drinking at Trent Store campsite |
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| Shakin and Teenwolf |
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