Day 39-Liz 415.1-444

The ranger stations have been a welcome respite from the trail camps. It's nice to use a bathroom, even a smelly pit toilet, and have tables. We left north fork and headed down the mountain through the maze of poodle dog brush. How we haven't gotten a rash I don't know, the trail Gods are watching over us. We got some trail magic from Coopertone when we reached the bottom the mountain, he had root beer floats, donuts, bananas, and wet wipes. A true friend indeed. We decided to try the KOA and resupply in Acton instead of heading to Agua Dulce because we really needed a shower and to wash clothes. I'd never been to a KOA before, they pack them in like sardines. They put us PCT folks in a special area, I don't blame them, we smell terrible. We lucked out and got a space in the gazebo  with 10 other hikers. Joe was there and we hadn't seen him since day two. He flew home to take care of knee issues and had just gotten back on the trail. We had a great time just talking with everyone and sharing stories. I called a trail angel to get a ride into Acton to resupply and it turned out she reads our blog. Trail angel Mary does an incredible job helping hikers. The day before she took a couple to the justice of the peace to get married and before picking us up she had to take a hiker to urgent care. She's awesome. We had such a get time we agreed to have lunch together tomorrow. Thank you Mary.