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So coming up short on day 4, meant I would be getting to Mount Laguna midday. I started thinking about staying at the Lodge or the tiny house hostel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I accidentally ripped my tent\u2019s rain fly, that made some time to fix it off trail a possible choice for me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting some real food would be nice too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the first four days being pretty hot for the most part you think I would be happy that it was a little colder this day. Being at a higher elevation and the general weather pattern changing meant it was windy and it was cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I kind of missed the heat at that point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh well, I layered up my clothing and headed to Mount Laguna. It was uneventful until I accidentally backtracked on the trail about a half mile after a rest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes the trails aren\u2019t obvious which direction you\u2019re going if the sun is not out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fixing that too I made my way to the 43 mile spot on the PCT and then went into Laguna. In an addition to getting a motel room I also bought a whole bunch of rest for the next 40 or so miles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not cheap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, at that point I found out that the only caf\u00e9 in town closed at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays, which is what day it was. \ud83d\ude2e <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I tried to get down in time, but was too late. I\u2019d have to settle for frozen pizza and breakfast at the cafe in the morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sigh. I did my laundry and fixed my tent plus a few other fixes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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