Day 36 6/20 22mi.

The day started early and easy, our first 7 miles of walking was slightly downhill and well shaded. Once we got done with the downhill we were back into the hot exposed desert.

Once we got back down into the desert the remainder of the day was super hot with few shade spots. However the two of us and the three guys that we've been hiking with managed to squeeze under the shade of a Joshua tree for a long lunch break.

We left our lunch spot just before 3 but it was still blistering hot out so Carly and I took another half hour break in the shade. We both cruised the rest of the way to a large water cache where we decided to spend the night.

Our walk through the desert today was like walking through a huge sand box. The trail was covered in super loose sand which made walking a lot more difficult.