Day 30 - Thursday, May 27

At the SureStay Hotel in Tehachapi.  Another zero day.

Slept pretty good last night.  Got up this morning and we spent a lazy morning hanging around the room.  Desert Flower made a Walgreens run while the rest of us chatted and spent time on our phones.

About noon, we went out to lunch at a nearby pizza/pasta place.  I got some fried zucchini and a fantastic strawberry walnut salad (see mom, I'm eating my vegetables!).  Jedi and Old Dubs, went back to the hotel, AB went to Wal-Mart to get some new trekking poles (since she lost one), and Katie and I made a Walgreens run.

Got back to the hotel and Jedi and Katie went to a couple of local breweries while AB, Old Dubs, and I chatted about a whole assortment of various things.  AB and I shared some Virginia stories and also discovered that we both have 757 phone numbers.  Then AB, Old Dubs, and I all soaked our feet in an Epsom salt bath while eating Old Dubs' leftover rotisserie chicken from yesterday.  It was an experience that I can say I haven't had before.  Katie and Jedi returned from their brewery tour and we had a very nice charcuterie spread for dinner: fruit, cheese, crackers, tapas, and chicken.

All of us then took another Epsom salt foot bath.  Getting five people's feet into a bathtub was an impressive feat (pun intended), but we managed to do it and hung out there for a while, listening to music.  AB then went back to her room and the rest of us got ready for bed.