Day 21: mojave, water works, mile 542

The most interesting part of today was the viewing of Californias water works. 

After a quick stop at hiketown for water,

I was on my way across the desert. First I saw the California aqueduct:

Next was the intersection of three somewhat unrelated government projects: the california aqueduct, the La aqueduct and the PCT. The three all insterect at one place! Looking out along the LA aqueduct:

As I walked the next few miles along the LA aqueduct, I kept thinking about how it changed southern CA. Famously, at theceremony  for it completion, William Mullholand was called up to open the spigot and delivery a speach. Apparently a man of few words, he uttered the most famous words in CA water history, " There it is, take it."

Jared Diamond also has a famous quote  about water in the west, "Water flows uphill towards wealth and power". The LAWD apparently has taken this to heart. Is that an "&" or an "is" on the side of their bulldozer?

I think the LA aqueduct was completed in the nineteen teens. As I walked along the top of the tube, I could tell it was getting a little old. There were fumerals of sediment where it had sprung small leaks:

Eventually it was covered in concrete. i saw a gopher snake near it,

when I stopped for my new favorite meal, flour tortilla, nuttella and string cheese! I think this one would be good even if I were hiking.

Eventually I walked through a massive wind farm. It was windy.

I camped near tylerhorse spring, at mile 542.