5/25  558.5-560 (1.5 miles)

From Mojave I got a ride over to Tehachapi, since unlike Mojave the library was open.  I updated my journal, bought some groceries and a new hat(my third of the trip) and then tried to hitchhike out of town.  After nearly 3 hours I was picked up by a man in his 70's who was very hard of hearing and without hearing aides.  We somehow maintained a tenuous, 30 minute shouting conversation.  It was dusk by the time I reached the trail, so I ate some dinner and developed a plan to night hike the next 8 miles so I could feel a little bit better about the day's progress.  One problem: the next 8 miles were through a barren wind farm.  I made it exactly one and a half miles before I curled up inside of a manzanita to get some relief from the wind.  All around me were dessicated masses of cow dung that flaked up and flew in my face throughout the night.  When I awoke I had to brush the dried flakes of feces out of my beard.  Just another night on the PCT.