5/25
23 miles (508 to 531)
Today was easy walking. We have entered the desert. I have been wondering all this time what the Mojave would look like. It's flat, sunny, currently not terribly hot, with sage brush, Joshua trees, and interesting/ dilapidated desert people houses. We started the day hiking down out of the mountains that are now to our south. We did an easy 10 miles to hiker town, a super odd and fairly creepy gathering of fake western store fronts on the front of small shacks and trailers containing who knows what. We hung out there with fellow hikers, cooked lunch and filled up for a 24 mile water carry before heading out. We have been following a section of a LA aqua duct pretty much since. It's windy and wide open land.

Hiker town 

Aqua duct walking