Day 34; Wed May 30 2007

(Dr Bug) Slept late under the shade of a huge oak and it was wonderful (late is 7 am). Gathered Mike at pinic area and walked 3 tenths of mile to Oak Creek road for the 17 mile hitch hike into the town of Mojave. After 10 minutes we got a ride from and interesting person. Randy wasthe operations manager for the huge wind farm we ha been hiking through. We peppered him with questions. 1) It cost about a million bucks to set a single turbine. 2) The biggest of the most advanced stand about 21 ft tall. You climb a ladder inside the stand and can walk aruond the inside of the turbine compartment on top. 3) At optimum wind speed it will generate 1 megawatt of power. Very cool technology.

Randy droped us of a Premos. A blast from the past burger joint. We had breakfast and it was good and cheap. You know it is good when the local cops eat there. We also ran into the owners of the Kennedy Meadows General Store who said the snow in the passes was all but gone and we would not need our ice axes - goodness.

Got a room at the Motel 6, very clean. Called Tim that night and got our mail drop for Kennedy Meadows done.

One interesting thing about the town of Mojave is: it is the place where old and unused jet planes come to rest. Outside of town there was this desert flat land where hundreds of jets were parked. There is no decay in the desert, there is no water.

We hiked 3 tenths of mile today.