Hey Boo-Boo... Yogi here...

Now 3 weeks into his hike, Teddy sounds strong, and feels great daily as he treks onward towards Canada.  He reached Cajon Pass (Interstate 15) for those of you following a map.  I guess that meal from McDonald's was enough fuel to move him right along.

As he left, about 5 miles in, he came across more trail magic, in the form of a water cache, and was able to fill up some of his water containers for the day.  Again, things like this are put on the trail by people who just want to help out the hikers, so thank you to them!!  Teddy said next to this water station was a couple of lounge chairs in the shade.  How nice!

While at the water cache, there was a register book for the hikers to sign in.  Teddy noticed there were two thruhikers just about 5 miles ahead of him - one going by the trail name "Evil Goat" and the other by U.K. (actually I learned later that his trail name is "TOG") but Teddy referenced him as U.K. so for now, we'll keep it as that.  And onward went Scarecrow, moving along as his rapid pace...

thruhiker Evil Goat

Around the 350 mile mark, Scarecrow finally caught up to Evil Goat.  He had his headphones on and was standing in the shade.  Teddy actually said that Evil Goat told him "shade should be used."  They chatted for a bit, and then Teddy moved along down the trail.  About 10 miles up, he caught up with U.K. - but not officially yet.  He said this guy was writing stuff in the sand as he went along - he had written 11:40 - that meant Ted was only 20 minutes behind him.  He walked ahead, and eventually caught up to him, in person, and started chatting.  He gathered info for me (as instructed)  - U.K. is from England (surprise, surprise), is a school teacher, and whose trail name is really Tog, not U.K.  Confused?? Me too. It's ok.

Teddy left, and continued walking until he came across a couple picnicking about 13 miles later.  They had a blanket spread out right next to the trail, and were just hanging out with their dog.  They asked immediately if he was a thruhiker on the PCT.  They were amazed that they were sitting right next to the actual trail.  Teddy stopped, chatted, and happily accepted the gifts of water, cold root beer and a bottle of Fat Tire beer.  Yummy.  He explained to the couple about "Yogi-ing" - according to the urban dictionary, it is the art of politely gathering food from other hikers/campers by means of conversation without actually asking for it.  The couple got a kick out of the term, but were happy to help Teddy out.  And again, Scarecrow moved on.
Overall, Teddy has said all of these people he has run into have been helpful and generous to say the least.  Thank you to all for helping make Scarecrow's journey more enjoyable.

Teddy was aiming for Guffy Camp, but decided to continue on to the town 5 miles further to stay for the night.  He hiked into Blueridge campground, and planned a "zero day" to restock food, energy, and hopefully call home :) I guess he deserves a zero day by this point - he is, at this point, 367 miles into his trip.  Only 2,283 miles left.  Hope he perfects his "yogi" skills to score some treats along the way.

The Thruhiker's Wife