Day 5: Tehachapi to Walker PassUp at sunrise once again. I have to get the miles in before the day heats up.
The trail: Harsh but pretty.
'Polar Bear'
I really struggled today. The sun, the heat! Fortunately a kind hiker named 'Polar Bear' helped. She got the name Polar Bear because she is from Alaska. I said, 'Polar bears do not belong in the desert.' She laughed and agreed. She was suffering too, but she still took the time to check on me and shared her electrolytes with me. I meet such great people on the trail.
The sign looked like how I felt.
This is the caterpillar of the White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata).
Another bouquet of Indian Paintbrush.
The trail: Harsh but pretty.
'Polar Bear'
I really struggled today. The sun, the heat! Fortunately a kind hiker named 'Polar Bear' helped. She got the name Polar Bear because she is from Alaska. I said, 'Polar bears do not belong in the desert.' She laughed and agreed. She was suffering too, but she still took the time to check on me and shared her electrolytes with me. I meet such great people on the trail.
The sign looked like how I felt.
This is the caterpillar of the White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata).
Another bouquet of Indian Paintbrush.
“Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
John Greenleaf Whittier
the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
John Greenleaf Whittier