I had breakfast with Gaucho st Sagebrush restaurant and then moved from the Bighorn Lodge to Daven Haven Lodge where my friends Blakelee and Zach were going to stay for the weekend.  On the way I stopped at the Rocky Mountain grocery store to get some supplies for the coming section and ran into no other than silent Leto – and he talked! 🙂 He is actually a really nice guy. We visited quickly and repacked our stuff outside in the parking lot. He was leaving town right away so he will be a day ahead of me. Moosh and Sunshine decided to do the Rocky Mountain Park loop so they will be a day behind. With my zero today we may end up leaving town tomorrow at about the same time.

I visited with Blakelee, Zach and their daughter Lilly all afternoon and then went to dinner together. It means a lot to me that my friends were willing to drive all the way out to Grand Lake to meet me.  A lot of people said they would do so, but it is difficult to get synchronized with a thru hiker’s schedule, and it is very rare for reunions to actually materialize.  I thoroughly enjoyed hanging out with them. 🙂