May 10:hot, Hot, HOT!

You know when you wake up @ 6am and crawl out of your sleeping bag in shorts and a tshirt and aren't cold,that it's going to be a hot day. Usually the desert has hot days and cool/cold nights and mornings. I knew when I woke up that it was going to be hot...and it was. We spent most of our day descending from over 7000 ft to 1200 ft, and all of it down a ridge that was scorched b fire in the past, so all the vegetation was knee-high (which equals no shade). We even passed a spot where someone else before us had scratched in the dirt "This sucks". It was pretty funny to read after hours in the hot sun and understanding where they were coming from.

It was well worth it, though because at the bottom there was a fountain with good water and only a mile to a trail angel's house where we and the guy we'd been hiking with got to enjoy some shade, cold juice, and some fresh berries.

We said goodbye to the San Jacinto mts and headed out across the flat valley toward the San Bernadino range. We camped under a hilltop filled with energy-producing windmills after passing under I-10 and downing a couple of gatorades (love that trail magic!!).

Total Miles: 214.1
Miles Today:22.6
Camp Name:Under the Windmills

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