I naturally wake up at 5:30am. I try to go back to sleep and manage to stay in bed till 7am. There’s another girl sharing my room. She’s still asleep. I sneak out, hoping to not wake her.

I walk a mile to a cute Mexican restaurant and order a huge breakfast and coffee. It’s awesome.

The sky starts to darken with clouds. Ack! I didn’t bring my rain jacket!

I try to run to the Albertsons down the street but my tummy is too full. I do the best I can haha

Luckily the rain only sprinkles on me. The cool air is nice and I’m jealous of the hikers heading back to trail right now. Doug messages me that my box arrived! yay!!! Thank you Doug!

I pick up some supplies from the Albertsons and have a pleasant call with my uncle Charlie. He lives near the Tetons. Hopefully I can see him when I get closer to Yellowstone!

I head to the tiny public library to print some papers.

The people who work there are so helpful! The upstairs has some very interesting relics like:

This cool painting of a prospecting donkey.

A giant bird book!

Rocks! And Bugs!

This random sculpture!

There’s a log book for hikers behind the front desk. It dates back to 2009! Wow! I feel super cool getting to sign it.

After successfully printing my papers I head to the post office. It’s a beautiful old building.

I pick up my box and head back to the hostel to sort my food. Thank you so much Doug!

I spend some time blogging and make one of my left over hiker meals for lunch.

It’s sooo nice using the kitchen. Yay. This has to be one of the nicest hostels I’ve ever stayed in.

I meet some new hikers, two brothers from Florida. They started hiking on June 21st! The day after me.

I go back to the post office to mail some things then walk a mile to the local produce store. I get a bunch of berries, cucumbers, red wine and avocado. Yummm.

Back at the hostel I make yet another extra hiker meal I had leftover and add the fresh veggies. It tastes really good!

I’ve been hiking faster than expected and have extra meals. It feels good to use them in town.

I blog more and head to bed. I hope to wake up early and get the road walk out of Anaconda over with before it gets too hot.

This has been a super cool town to stay in!