Day Seven of the Cross Country Trip

Day 7 started off with some pancakes and goodbyes to Micah. We first went to a goodwill but this one was a let down! Then we headed out to Upper Angora Lake because we heard there was some nice cliff jumping spots. There was apparently a nice 60 foot jump. The drive there was almost entirely back roads, and there were some pretty cool views of Feathertail lake. Just as we pulled into the parking lot, a lady asked us if we planned on jumping today, and we said yes. She proceeded to tell us that two years ago on this very day, her son died jumping off of that cliff. I definitely did not jump after that admonishment. It was a small hike up to the lake, but the view there was incredible. We decided to explore a little bit, through the bushes, since there was no real trail. My legs and feet got extremely scratched, and flip flops made it pretty difficult to climb well. There was a field of snow on the mountain, and the water from the waterfall was freezing. We climbed up more to as far as we could go and still get down, then went to the cliffs. Mark and Danny decided to jump, while Connor and I would carry their stuff back to the beach. We did and then got into the water, which was absolutely freezing. Nips hardened and bodies quivering, Connor and I climbed into this small rock in the water, so that we could heat up. After what seemed like forever, Mark and Danny came scrambling around the other side of the lake. Connor accidentally threw a water bottle at Danny's foot and I left my tank top somewhere up at the lake. Tan shawty said she wished she had a hall pass because of Connor and I. We were happy. We then drove to Yosemite, going through Nevada back into Cali, and the river we drove along had white water rapids the entire way, which was pretty cool. There was a really pretty lake we stopped at and threw rocks into, to break up some of the ice, which was cool.We drove into the park and turned around because the campgrounds were all full. We then saw a huge group of high schoolers exit several buses. We had a mini snowball fight and chatted it up. We then tried to follow them, because we assumed they would have some nice accommodations, but Danny left his phone and wallet so we lost the buses and decided to camp right outside the park. As we pulled in there was an Asian guy staring mad hard at us, so I drove away, then we left Danny. We came back and set up camp, got some wood and Mark and I did the tent while connor made Krogers. Then, in the midst of making a fire, Shoenice appeared. We don't actually know his name, but he was crazy, so we nicknamed him Shoenice after the crazy guy on youtube, kind of looked similar as well. He approached us out of nowhere and then he told us his story, the entire time while holding a block of ice, I honestly am not sure how. His story took forever to get through, since he repeated himself several times. Apparently he arrived at the campsite, saw beer in the ice and food in a cooler, assumed somebody left them from last year, and just took them. He didn't eat the food, but he drank the six beers with his brother and his brothers wife. After another camper confronted him and said hey man, you took my beers, he gave the camper some beer back, all his food back, and offered to comp him a bundle of wood. However, the wood was his brother's and even though his brother had 10 bundles of wood, he was thoroughly pissed off that Shoenice was taking one to pay for Shoenice's mistake. He got pissed and left with the RV and his wife and said he is going to stay somewhere else. Shoenice felt it was necessary to tell everyone in the entire camp this story multiple times, so we became very familiar with the sweet sound of his voice. Some quotes are "you can't choose your family, but you can choose your friends" "he wouldn't even give me one bean" "he's blood" "hey guys the woods here, on the house" "hey guys I came into some money, I'm going to comp you all some wood" "I'm a balla" "I'm still gonna hang out with him though" He was either legitimately insane or on drugs, maybe both if I'm being honest. Not the best night of sleep there, but still nice to set up the tent and cuddle for warmth.