Great night. Good breakfast and walking again. The plan was to take a day off in Tehachapi as it is really the last town that is relatively close to the PCT. Not much of a walk left and so I sleep pretty late in the day (6 am or so). There is fire damage here but a pretty looking valley down below.

This day is basically a descent to the desert floor again. When I get to the paved Willow Springs Road there is a trail angel there named CopperTone who travels around and sets up at various spots to do good deeds. Here he is handing out Cream floats. ICE CREAM!!!! And the wonderful Canadian Lady that gave me a ride earlier is there and she is handing out oranges and giving rides into Tehachapi!! I am blessed. Also there are “Just Keep Walking”, “Night Walker”, and “Rock City”!! “Stubbs” and “SingleMalt” apparently camped somewhere the night before and had not made it yet. They indicate they are staying at some hotel in town which was not where I ended up staying….at least so I thought. However the next morning there they all were at breakfast. A good group of people and I am glad to keep running into them even if hiking together is not possible. Everyone has to hike at their own pace and to find two or more people that can go at the same pace is pretty much impossible. Even with this group they spread out as each goes at their own pace and they gather up again at resting points. They are close enough to the same speed to make this possible. As easy day followed by a day of rest the next day. The weather forecast is for mild temperatures and so I am going to walk during the day on June 4. This crew is going to rent a car and go to REI in LA for resupply and then do more night hiking.