Day 40 – 4/22/16
23.8 map / 24.6 GPS miles
631.1 / 674.2 miles total

Today was a long sandy road slog with a few bits of cross country mixed in. The miles came very slowly in the hot sun and strong breeze. 

 

  

 
Just before lunch, I lost my thru- hiker card. I was truckin’ on the road walk, probably a good 10 minutes ahead of Bubs and Joey when I came upon a vacationing family at their base camp, complete with dome tents and hammocks. We chatted for a bit and discussed my route (just this section, not the whole Hayduke). They kindly asked if I needed any water. I did not but thanked them. It was not until I walked away that I realized my foolish mistake: I had my perfect opportunity to Yogi some beer, and I blew it. When Bubs and Joey caught up at lunch time, they also mentioned stopping to chat with the family. I lamented my poor performance, and just at that moment, Bubs produced 2 cans of beer from her pack! Joey has the same. Thank goodness they were on their game!
 

 
We tanked up on our last water until our cache/town at a nasty green slime pond. After filtering, it tastes ok but turned me into a fart machine the rest of the day. 
 

 
 

 
Camp was hard to find among all the pokey cacti and the wind picked up to obnoxious levels. But we have beer!!