Knowing that the next water was ten, or twenty, miles away made the decision making for the day easy and so there was no need to get up early. A nice hot breakfast of oatmeal, pine nuts, dried blueberries and cherries followed by coffee was perfect to get started. A mile down the trail was the intersection of the PCT with Cougar Ridge Trail and my new thru hiker friends, Deb and Rick Fuller from Sarasota, Florida. We played leapfrog all the way to our mutual destination Little Bear Springs on Holcomb Creek. 
Upon arrival I had to check out the thing behind the fence. It was an open air outhouse! What a surprise. I suppose that since the surrounding forest had burned the outhouse may have gone with it and the most expedient way to put it back was with a new plastic toilet surrounded by a wooden fence. Ah, American ingenuity!
Later on we greeted several hiker groups; ladies headed down trail another ten miles and a group of dads with daughters from five to fifteen. The latter camped nearby and sangs songs into the night. Jaime also came along and joined us for a quiet campfire.
The hills were alive with the sound of music! At least they were over in the girl's camp until about 1 am. We're not blaming the girls, we think it was the dads fault! Rock on dudes!
It was a good day!
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