Mojave (558.3) to Golden Oaks Spring (583.3)
Miles today - 25
The taxi rides worked perfectly this morning. There were two taxis waiting outside the motel before 5 and each one got four hikers back to the trail by 5:30.
Temperatures were expected to reach triple digits in Mojave today. I'm not sure how high it got on the trail, but it was extremely hot. Macho Taco's brother, Brett aka Glitter Boy, who came all the way back out here from Phoenix to get back on the trail after leaving with an injury a few weeks ago, turned around after 12 or 13 miles. The heat was just too much for him. He's nowhere near the shape the rest of us are in since we've done over 500 miles, and he picked a brutal day to start hiking again. He hiked the whole Appalachian Trail a few years ago so it's not like he's new to thruhiking. It was a hard day for all of us, having to carry seven days of food and enough water for a 25 mile dry stretch. I ran out of water with a few miles left to go. My mouth was so dry and sticky. When we finally made it to the spring at our camp I chugged two liters. We all agree this was one of the hardest days yet.
Above: The town of Mojave and the Mojave Desert down below.
Finally saw my first rattlesnake today. It was early in the morning as we were walking through the wind farm. It was coiled up in the grass just a couple feet off the trail. It scared the crap out of Bronco when it rattled at him as he was first in line.
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