Day 28- the real world

Today I finally left the andersons. With poison oak on my ankles knees and wrists, it was not very comfortable hiking. Even so, I got in 25 miles. The day began with a big uphill coming out of green valley and then was relatively flat until the end when we climbed about a thousand feet to a water tank. Along the way I saw a coyote walking down a dirt road, a kangaroo mouse run down the trail, and way too many flies.

Today I also had to make a couple phone calls to the real world, and it was strange. There may be different and difficult people out on the trail, but we all seem to have the same similar attitude. While on the phone I realized how much more uptight with more stress it is in the real world and today that is exactly how I felt. I think all of us hikers out here in the backwoods have a simplified view of life at the moment. We eat, walk and sleep for the most part. Our biggest challenge is finding water. We are thankful for every little thing, even just a real chair. It was a bit of an eye opening day. Now tomorrow I will visit hikertown and then possibly walk 15 miles across the dessert If its not too hot.