Wednesday May 7, 0mi/0km

Tecopa Hot Springs to Los Angeles (CA)

I was awake early as usual, but today I had nowhere to hike. Lena saw me packing up my tent, and very generously offered me a ride to town. But she wasn’t going to Baker CA, she was commuting into work in Las Vegas. Works for me! They both have bus terminals. I was in Las Vegas at 8:30am and asked to get dropped off at a Starbucks where I caffeinated myself.

After waking up and using their Wi-Fi to plan the rest of my day, I caught a short 5-minute Uber over to the Last Vegas transit center.

I caught a greyhound down to LA Union station, which took 6 hours with stops. There were beautiful views of the desert the whole way, and also this interesting piece of technology called a solar concentrator.

LA’s Union station is huge, where trains, buses, taxis and light rail all converge. Some of the artwork was pretty impressive.

I had booked a cheap room at the Super8 motel on Sunset Boulevard, just 10 minutes away by taxi. Apparently also known as Avenue of the Athletes, which felt very fitting given I was in between two long distance hikes.

I dropped my stuff in the motel room, and did some laundry across the street, weirdly the laundromat had karaoke. after that, I walked to the Vons grocery store and bought some fresh fruits and protein. Even the tiny grocery stores in Southern California have an impressive selection of peppers.

On the walk back, I picked up some street tacos and enjoyed them relaxing in the motel room. The salad really hit the spot too. I stayed up too late doing planning on my phone, but tomorrow I leave for Santa Barbara, to start the Hot Springs Trail!