Not quite as cruisy a day as yesterday … actually pretty tough going today, despite it being mostly downhill! With 20 miles yesterday and 20 miles today, those are big…

After a relaxing night at Kenny’s we all got up and gathered for breakfast. Kenny was in full-on cooking mode and everybody was sitting and enjoying coffee. Since Kenny is…

I guess it was expected … at 8100ft it gets cold. Mission Camp lived up to it. It was a freezing night. I had all my jackets on, zipped up…

Somehow I didn’t take a lot of pictures today since I was too focused on the CLIMB! We were commenting how everybody talks about San Jacinto and the tricky spots…

After a second restful night, I was picked up at 7am by local trail angel Grumpy (same guy who drove us on Monday). Because this was further away, Eddie and…

I can see why Idyllwild is so popular with hikers for a zero … it’s a relaxing small place! Everybody I’ve seen today was cleaned up and happy! I slept…

Town Day 👍🏻❤️🥗🚿 The pull of town was felt strongly even up at 6000ft 😁 I got an earlier start, after enjoying the sunrise over the desert below. Dave was…

Dave and I both really enjoyed being out on the trail at the campsite instead of camping behind the cafe! You could still hear the highway but it was nothing…

It was well worth hiking the extra 2 miles last night to this campsite … both sunset and sunrise were spectacular! There was no wind, and other than some early…

Really enjoyed the campsite from last night! It was sooo quiet and peaceful … well until the early hikers started coming by (first one around 6am I think). They could…

After a somewhat restful night (the fatigue overrules the traffic noise and lights as the cabin was right on the highway and only had a glass door!), I got myself…

Another eventful day … one that has me stretching out in these “4 walls” right now (with a towel as clothing as everything else is drying): And it’s literally just…