Hiking by 0538 this morning, already HOT, but we got a full hour of hiking in before the sun hit us! You can tell we are getting lower in elevation as the heat is picking up. Made it to a road by 1130 and walked to a camping area (that was pretty sketchy looking) but we found out that there was a small grocery store just down the road a bit and caught a ride there, where we stayed for 4 hours during the heat of the day. Sooooo happy to be near cold drinks and ice cream! Both Chief and Neighbor bought 1/2 gallons of ice cream! Around 4:30, we caught a ride back to the trail and hiked another 6 miles closer to Agua Dulce. It wasn't so bad at that time. Had to hike under Highway 14 and the "tunnel" was long and really dark, almost needed the headlamp to see, eeeek! Found a really nice spot to camp after Vasquez rocks, warm night, great sunset. 22 miles by the end of the day.
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