Day 39: we hiked 19 miles into Acton. We passed the North Fork fire station on the way. We skipped the last mile of trail, opting to take a dirt road instead. — 5/27/15 Start: a dirt road at mile 424.9 (LAT LON 34.37990, -118.13948), very near Big Buck campground. End: Acton KOA, mile 444.3 Miles hiked: About 19. This

Day 40: We woke at the Acton KOA by 7am, having slept poorly due to passing trains and raucacious hikers. We did left the KOA by noon, walking to Vasquez Rocks County Park (LA Couny).  We ate dinner in Agua Dulce, then walked another few miles out of town. —- May 28 Start location: Acton KOA at mile 444.3 End

Our 41st through 43rd days. We celebrated Rick’s birthday with a trip to trail-legendary Casa de Luna and another trip to Palmdale. ————- THIS POST IS IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. Most recent entries appear first. Day 43: May 31: Start location: Embassy Suites Palmdale End location : stealth site at mile 503.7. Lat/lon: 34.71215, -118.62704 We woke late, as is

Day 44: We visited Hikertown in Neenach, CA, then took a huge bite out of our walk along the LA Aqueduct. This involved both a descent out of the Angeles National Forest and a long walk across the desert floor. —— Start location: Preceding day’s stealth site End location: Lat/Lon: 34.84336, -118.55918 aka mile 525 This post authored on 6/4/15;

June 2 Start location: preceding day’s site End location: 34.99808, -118.43292, mile 549.01 We left at 6:20am, our earliest yet. We had fair weather in the morning. We walked across the aqueduct in the morning; it was very easy walking on concrete. It was also flat. We soon arived at the Tehachapi Wind Farm, where it was shockingly windy! It