So the “Just Keep Walking” group rented a car to go to REI in LA and gave me ride back to the trail before leaving. Notice I skipped at 8 miles. There are two ways to get to Tehachapi. One is via Willow Springs Road. The other is via Hwy 58. I came in on one but went out on the other and thus skipped 8 miles. Starting the day about 10 am. This next section has 17 miles to one water source and then 18 miles to the next water source after that. This is said to be the driest part of the PCT and thus the locals at Tehachapi say it is the hardest :). A very mild day. In the 70’s. I would hate to walk this section in the 90’s or 100’s but in the 70’s it was not all that bad. Saw some familiar faces along the trail and but not ones I had spent any time with. Some images at the start of the walk. The now ever present wind turbines.

Remember I talked how a lot of the trail has mountain on one side and death fall on the other BUT that the trail is flat and not really dangerous. Thought I would take a picture of that

Gaining elevation and getting into some trees. Trees == shade and that is good. Becoming a fan of elevation.

Once I got to the water source it was the end of my day. Only one moderately good camping site acceptable. Camped under a big tree. Not exactly flat but not all that bad. Cowboy camped again and almost expected “Just Keep Walking” crew to come walking in during the night but it did not happen. A good day and a good night. By the way, for most of the PCT season this water hole has been dry because of damage done by cows to the pipes. That would means for those early ones they had 35 miles without water and if you add the 8 miles I skipped that would be 43 miles between water stops!!! This would not be possible for me in the heat of the day. The only way to do that many miles with the amount of water I can reasonably carry is to walk at night. I am very happy that I am so slow that I gave them time to fix the issue with the piping.