After a nice breakfast in the morning, Brady offered to drive me to where Sam was staying. Along the way, we stopped at Walmart and REI to pick up a new reflective vest (I (James)had lost my old one) and a splint for my tent pole. Sam and I had an interview with the Phoenix news outside his friends’ house and got going afterwards around 1:30pm. Despite the late start, we were determined to walk a full day, as we would have to walk 11 days straight if we wanted to make it to Indio by Thanksgiving (where my parents were visiting). As it always does, the slew of football games on Sunday did make the walking a bit easier. It was also nice to mostly have sidewalks to walk on, as we were still in Phoenix that day. With about 10 miles left to go, I stopped at Subway for dinner. I ended up finishing my walk well after midnight, which was not a great way to set the tone for the days ahead. I found a space behind a strip mall to pitch my tent for the evening.
11/13/22
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