June 4, Pacific Crest Trail

Destination: Tehachapi
Miles: 0

Adrian:
Rest day in Tehachapi. This is a train depot town and our hotel, the Santa Fe, is across the street from the tracks. Yes, this means horns and grinding wheels on tracks all day and all night long.

I got a haircut at Bob's Hotrod Barber Shop. The place reminded me of the barber shop my dad took me to as a youngster complete with barber pole, pictures of hotrod cars with scantily clad women, one older barber and one younger, mixed clientele and great conversation and jokes ranging from politics to how many times your mom had to beat you up until you learned to behave as a child. Basically how yesteryear was better than the present one. I enjoyed a straight blade shave, tapered back, very short cut.

I like the town but it's a bit spread out. Luckily, the hotel rents bikes and gives rides back to the trail.

Tomorrow we start the final leg of the desert! Stay tuned...

Kirsten:
Town stops are always good for slamming down good food and vegging out. This harder then it sounds. There is laundry, grocery shopping, post office stops etc. And al without a car. Resting often takes a backseat.

The desert is almost done. Only 144.5 miles until we reach cool mountain streams, pine forests and not a jeep road or interstate for days. The desert section coming up promises to be among the most difficult we've gone through. I hope the recent cool weather holds and we get through this section without any problems.