Today, I decided to take advantage of Shirley's support. So, we planned out a day hike with me walking south instead of north. I began at 5:30 am at Tehachapi-Willow Springs Road (N35deg 07.931', W48deg 27.244'). This trek would take me along the underground Los Angeles Aqueduct and across many miles of the dry, barren Mojave Desert.
The first event of the day was walking upon a herd of sheep, a shepherd and two dogs. I thought it wise to give a wide berth between me and the sheep, especially since the dogs didn't appear to like me very much. Then I walked for miles along the aqueduct. You can hear the hum of the water below. It is quite amazing.
Everything went as scheduled until Shirley tried to meet me around 4pm. She was bringing Big Macs and cold Pepsi. However, she ended up waiting for me 5 miles north of where I was because I had hiked further south than I thought. We finally found each other and enjoyed a short lunch. I headed out on foot and she drove on the dirt road along the aqueduct to Skaggs' place to wait for me. Glad we had good cell service today.
We spent the night at HikerTown. It was a long day and my feet were talking to me in a not-so-friendly way at the end, but it was a good day overall. I met up with several northbound hikers - of course they asked me if I knew I was heading the wrong way.
Keep hiking,
Greybeard
2 comments:
Hi Carl, that's fantastic! I am so glad to see the coordinates posted. I do think there is an error with the latitude (w) number. When I put those numbers in it shows you in the middle of the Atlantic. If I'm not mistaken you should be closer to the Pacific? I could be wrong, maybe that's why it's been so wet:) HA!! I'm sure it was just a typo (Shirley)
Anyway keep it up I'm reading your posts everyday and sharing them with my friends. And now I can see where you are in the world! Kind of exciting. (wow, I live a boring life) :) HA
We goodmans were never that great with direction. Give us a break!
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