On a photo shoot for anoher subject I ran across this gentlemen and his four legged friend between Cadiz and Essex California. I stopped to check on his welfare, he and friend were fine they had been walking before sun up to reach Esex where the man said there was a small church that would provide them with food before making the trek back in the eveningv to his stake of desert near Cadiz.
His plan was to make this trip at least twice more repair his wagon/stroller and a second one he left when it broke that morning and return to his friends in Twenty-nine Palms Ca.
The mountain/hill in the background is the start of a five mile grade down to Cadiz he had covered over 23 of the 27 miles he needed to go and would make the return trip at sunset.