We get by with a little help from our friends, or a lot!
I maybe forgot to mention that to take a dip in the Kern river we went to a campground that was 3 miles off course, downhill, with the final 1/2 mile being REALLY downhill! That would mean a bike push start to the day today!
The camp host, Randy, came by in the afternoon, and after visiting a while, he offered to give us a lift out of the camp.
He came by at 7:30 and said "as long as I have your gear loaded up, I'm going to give you a ride to the top of Hooper Hill!"
Now, that's not only getting us back on course but up to the top of a 3 mile, narrow, 1500 ft uphill! A huge head start on what turned out to be a hilly day, anyway.
We're into hot, dry, hilly country now at 2500 to 4200 feet elevation.
We rode over that ridge in the distance, which took us down to about 1500 feet elevation, so we were lower, later in the day which means it became really hot!
We started uphill again along highway 58, and had to ride for 5 miles on the highway to reach Keene, home to the Cesar Chavez memorial and the famous Tehachpi Loop, where a train loops around over itself in order to achieve a doable grade (2%) in order to get over the pass - 36 trains per day still use it - it was engineered and completed in 1874!
Charley and Rose thought it was awesome!
We rode through Tehachpi with one quick stop to pick up essential supplies - a cold beer and a bag of chips- before we landed at an RV Park on the far side of town.
We can see LOTS of wind turbines along the pass we have to ride tomorrow.
Uh, oh!
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