I awoke to the sound of people packing up their tent the next morning. Seeing them pack up gave me a huge sense of urgency to hit the trail again. But I knew my body needed rest so took my time getting out of my tent. The community center at warner springs is truly amazing. It runs completely off volunteers again mazing nd donations. All the volunteers were so welcoming and helpful. They gave us buckets with Epson salt and warm water to soak our soar blistered feet in. It was quite a sight seeing 5 or 6 hikers all sitting in the shade soaking their feet in buckets. My feet felt so refreshed afterwards. Later i did laundry, and the center even had clean clothes you could wear while you washed your dirty clothes. I took a bucket shower and washed all the grime that had built up on my legs. It was a strange feeling walking around in clean clothes, with clean hair and fresh feet. A volunteer took us to the post office to pick up our resupply packages which saved us a 2.5 mile walk roundtrip. After organizing my resupply i cringed at how heavy my pack was going to be with 5-6 worth of food. The volunteers cooked us hamburgers that evening and we left for the trail after eating. It was hard to leave because it was so relaxing, but we didn't want to get sucked into vortex and get stuck there. We only hiked three miles that evening but it felt good to get back on the trail. That night we had a great campsite by a creek and had a small campfire. After sharing stories and getting to know eachother more we finally went to bed at 10, which felt like 2 am because we had been going to bed by 8 every night so far. I cowboy camped and had great views of milky way that night. Day 8 - 3 miles