I woke up to the smell of fresh coffee. That trail angel hero ‘Support Bot’ treated us all to fresh coffee (ground that morning!) along with eggs and bacon.

To add to that, the sun came out and dried my tent a little and gave us a rainbow.

So back to normal service of a nice sunny day and the gradual descent into the valley, with the bonus of passing the 500 mile mark.

Better still, at the road there was a trail angel with snacks and beer!

We’ve been so lucky this weekend. A further 7 or so miles brought us to the Hikertown ‘hostel’ and the feud between the Neenach Café and the and the Wee Vill Market – more on that later maybe!

Tomorrow we walk the Western edge of the Mojave desert, but the weather is not due to be too hot. Then on to the town of Tehachapi and a zero.