95 miles to go

Friends, we are less than 100 miles from reaching the coast. I got faked out a few days in a row by mountains on the horizon, thinking they must be the last wall of rock between us and the ocean. Today, we walked 24 miles to Victorville. Far off in the haze and half-light, we finally caught sight of the last range of this walk. In a couple of days, we will be up and over Cajon Pass, and overlooking the 50-mile sea of people-places that will usher us to the big water. We are tired and insane and totally stoked to be alive.