May 23, Day 34: 534.9-558.0
Miles Hiked: 23.1
Gratitude of the Day: I’m thankful for a chair in the shade and watermelons.
Surprisingly sleeping in a wind farm wasn’t bad last night and not too windy. The turbine that was by camp was more like a white noise for me and I slept great. I was up at 5:45 and was first out of camp to complete the rest of the aquaduct and the uphill climb to our next water source. I must have gotten great sleep because I averaged over 3 mph going uphill and was sitting at the water source 6.5 miles from camp by 8:45.
After a short snack and a refill of water it was another long uphill battle to mile 459.0, a special camp site on trail where a local trail angel who lives nearby had turned the site into a hiker Mecca after jamming through the uphill for 7.5 miles. A shade umbrella, chairs, water, a pantry with fruit and snacks and Daniel who stocks this awesome place even brought a watermelon!
After a glorious hour and a half break in the shade and all the goodies we beat feet in the afternoon going 9.3 miles to a camp site, I did all those miles without stopping because we walked ourselves out of a wind farm this morning only to walk ourselves back into one tonight. Tonight I’m camped under a large great oak tree with the windmills humming on the hill above.
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