Journey Day 44 | PCT Day 44

5/30/85

Drag out of soft bed and watch “Leave it to Beaver.” No answer to call to tent people. This is getting serious. I could be in for trouble.

We leave town about noon. I’m writing at a break point, where Highway 58 meets the L.A. Aqueduct we’ll be following for a while through the Mojave Desert. We hike by a wind farm the innkeeper said was opposed by the Chamber of Commerce, although the project brought money to “this little town” during construction.

 From a letter from four hikers ahead to Mr. Waring (who we’ll meet the day):

Butterbredt Spring, not well, bees.

Willow Spring: cut off five miles past PCT junction on Butterbredt Spring.

 On Kelso Creek Road, avoid the creek, masonry trough. Use house down the road.

McIvers Spring .3 miles farther up jeep road from PCT junction. Tank up. Last water until Walker Pass Campground.

Water at Walker Pass Campground chlorinated. Hike off the road, along the aqueduct.

Resting where the two cross when “the Ens,” Ken and Gwen Alley, come upon us. With their fast pace, we move ahead to a spot near Highway 5.

The Tehachipis are interesting mountains to walk near. The sun does strange things to their coloring, turning them from gold to green to red.