The other two hikers that showed up last night were Jessica and MarDe.

MarDe stayed in his room this morning, so it’s any guess what kind of character we’re dealing with here.

Jessica is pleasant, though. We all took a photo, and at her prompting, aborted our natural bro posing and smiled with side hugs during the photo. It was a good call.

Jessica and MarDe are leaving today, sometime. Bryce is already gone, off to carry his extreme man-sized pack into the wilderness.

I’m going to take a zero, because my Achilles is not happy. I’ve never had a problem with my Achilles, and I would rather this not become a recurring issue, so I will chill around here.

Hours pass.

Jessica and MarDe are still here.

It’s a small house, though, so I can hear them discussing the issue quite solemnly in between Netflix show scenes.

It’s quiet now. They must be taking a nap. I guess I should put my headphones on - no one wants to be woken up by screaming Korean.