Up reasonably early and packed up before heading over to the cafe for a little breakfast of pancakes.The usual four (me, Energizer, Chairman and Little Red) augmented with two new people (Boomerang and Yann) attempted to hitch but found it difficult. Freddy and I had just given up and were moving to another location to try again when a lady pulled over and asked if we needed to go somewhere! Her name was Keira, mother of five who had just dropped her smallest off at daycare and was at a loose end. More than that, she drove down the road and picked the rest up too!So we got back to Walker Pass around 10.30 I think and headed up back into the hills. Unlike recent times there was negligible wind but the cloud cover remained, so a nice cool walk for the whole day.Lunch at Joshua Tree Spring was followed by a short afternoon to Spanish Needle Creek where there were a selection of nice campspots and plenty of water.A campfire and a meal later and I’m ready for sleep.