Found that Jim & Tracy are both ultra runners, they fed me a breakfast flavored mountain house. I was grateful.

Got a ride from another ultra runner named Travis McWhorter, who happened to be sponsored by the shoe company "Altra". His Subaru was broken into the other week, so now he has to start his Subaru with a flathead screwdriver. We both happened to be wearing the same Lone Peak 2.5 shoes, he would have given me a pair to replace had I worn size 10.5's. He's running in the Western States 100, a 100 mile race that I saw last year around this time with a friend. He had two poofy husky dogs in his trunk. He said he was decompressing before his big race on June 24th.

I said good luck, and settled into the Ravens Rest Hostel, which, was locked and seemingly closed. However after calling the owner, named Lucky, told me there was a key to my right in the larger Weber grill. I had the whole place to myself, a strange feeling. Later I had good company from hikers Sherpa C & Big Sauce. We repaired our torn shoes and horfed down gratuitous amounts of calories. This hostel had got to be one of cleanest I've been in.