We camped in the high winds last night but by setting up in a valley we kept the tent upright. There's a reason so many windmills are in this area.
We were hiking today before 6am. We had 18 miles to do before reaching the road to Mojave. Our plan is to hitchhike the 10 miles into town to stay the night, resupply, and do laundry.
The desert scenery is always changing, but temperatures do not. It's alway hot.
We made it to the road by 1pm. Now it's time to hitch a ride. It took about 15-20 minutes, but it was only the 4th car to go by. Not too bad. We are in the town of Mojave now. We went swimming, did our laundry, ate a huge dinner out at a neighboring diner and are now resting.
Tomorrow we will spend most of the day in town and hitch a ride back to the trail in the afternoon and hike into the night to beat this heat. 150 miles of desert remain.
I spent so much time down on the roads here [via google map man] that I feel like I know these hills! The miles of windmills can easily be seen via google maps, and so I was happy to see your shot of them. But I'm most impressed by the shot of the flowers! At least there's that one good thing!
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