Saturday May 11th- Mile 310-342 (32 miles)

This was the biggest mile day of my trip so far, and I paid for it. Very high heat today, as I was at low elevation.  I pushed too hard during the heat of the day and felt burnt out (literally and figuratively) by nighttime.  I reached a confusing junction in the trail as I reached town (a pull out on the interstate) and I ended up having to bushwack through thick brush and climb my way through a barbed wire fence to reach the hotel I planned on staying at.  In the process I got covered in biting ants (too many ants everywhere!), and looked like a maniac walking into the hotel lobby covered in brambles and slapping at every newly discovered ant.  Not much to say about today.  It was hot, and long and tough.  My ankle swelled up towards the 20 mile mark, and downhills were agonizing.  When I got to my room, I sat for a long time in the tub, and then turned off my brain by watching television.