Update

Arrived here under cloudy skies and high winds. Paid a whopping $81 for a $25 room, but got a hot shower, a 6 pack, and a good night's sleep. We're waiting for the post office to open at 12 so we can get back on the trail and still get in 15-17 miles today. So far we are on track with our mileage and today is all downhill.

Here's a few pix:


Monument @ beginning trail (mp 0000)



Mike anoints the old border fence (George Bush's wall is to the right).


The new fence.




Yucca blooming.






These guys are guests of the great state of Cal. They get "three hots and a cot" (plus 1/3 sentence reduction for doing trail work).



Here' their workmanship.



Wild lilac(?) profusely along trail.






Mikenjan