In the light of day, it became apparent how heavily used the campsite was. There were tents on any flat area far up and down the canyon. This was one of the very few wild areas on the trail to have litter and abandoned equipment.
I don’t have a lot to say about today. We hiked fast, and would be taking two zero days in Tehachapi afterwards.
There were interesting desert plants.
We found a lounge for hikers, but I wasn’t interested in lounging.
We continued through the wind farm — clearly an awfully large project at this point.
The wind farm reminded me of Pathfinder. He had criticized wind power when we were with him. He said that, even with perfect wind all the time, wind turbines still cost a lot more than other power sources. He was probably at least a couple days ahead of us now.
We finally reached a creek, but we weren’t interested in its water, Tehachapi awaited.
The road was just after the creek, and just after that were all the delights of non-hiking life.