May 11 – May 12

We passed the 500 PCT miles and did almost 20 miles again. Lots of up and down.

The weather cooled down, and we are just avoiding the rain. The cold air is coming from the ocean. We thought it’s going to be so hot as we starting to hike in the Mojave desert, but the temperature is fine.

Tonight there was a hot shower again, behind a small supermarket on the road. We camped there with many PCT hikers and had chicken sandwich, Mike had grilled cheese sandwich, although he should eat more protein. Additionally we both had a small bowl of salad, and then we were still hungry so we ordered pancakes regardless that it was close to 7 pm. Finally we went to bed not hungry.

Our total weight loss is 40 lbs. Mike lost 30, he needs to eat more!

May 12: we started early for a big day. More than 20 miles again, walking along the Aqueduct, extremely flat. PCT hikers worry about this hike as it can get really hot, but again the weather was cooperating with us. I listened to music, audiobooks etc. We were walking on a wide dirt road, so I didn’t have to worry about rattle snakes and I could turn on the volume.

We went through Joshua trees and a huge wind farm.

We camped in the wilderness.