May 12th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 16 Start Location: Mile 336 End Location: Mile 352 End Location GPS: 34.29388, -117.52979 The highlight of the day was walking to McDonalds and eating our faces off at Cajon Pass, an Interatate 15 stop with a gas station and MCds, which is practically right on the PCT before it […]
May 11th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 18 Total Miles: 256 Start Location: Campsite Mile 0318 End Location: Campsite Mile 0336 End Lication GPS: 34.31205, -117.40957 Scenic day navigating around Silverwood Lake, a pretty good sized lake smack in the middle of the desert and mountains. It was interesting seeing so much water…it is not a luxury
May 10th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 17 Total Miles: 238 Start Location: Campsite Mile 301 End Location: Campsite Mile 318 End Location GPS: 34.31226, -117.26490 It was nice waking up and having water near by. The morning was cool as we meandered the ridge line along Deep Creek. The sun soon caught us and it was
May 9th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 15 Total Miles: 221 Start Location: Mile Marker 286 End Location: Mile Marker 301 End Location GPS: 34.30124, -117.12768 Carolyn decided to continue on. It was a slow morning but she eventually was back to her normal self during the afternoon. Phew! The hiking was so so the majority of
May 8th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 20 Total Miles: 206 Start Location: HW 18 Mile 266 End Location: Campsite Mile 286 End Location GPS: 34.30194, -116.97918 It was a beautiful day but Carolyn is feeling out of sorts. I don’t think that she wants to continue on and she is having a tough time psychologically. This
May 7th, 2016 Zero Day Another day spent in the neat town of Big Bear. The morning was cold and sunny as we headed to breakfast at a cool dive cafe called the Grizzly Manot Cafe and had greasy but delicious omelettes and hash browns. We dropped off and said goodbye to our Dodge Charger
May 6th, 2016 Zero Day Location: Big Bear City, CA The day went smoothly with our rental. Enterprise was right on time and we picked up a black Dodge Charger for our 1.5 hour trip to Big Bear. Another couple, Sherpa and Dr. Do Little, drove with us. On our way out of Whitewater, we
May the 5th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 14 Total Miles: 186 Start Location: Campsite 0197 End Location: Ziggy and the Bear’s House (mile marker 211) End Location GPS: 33.93781, -116.69841 We decended for another 8 or 9 miles down endless switchbacks until we finally made it to the desert floor again. It wasn’t hot because we
May 4th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 14 Total Miles: 172 Start Location: Campsit Mile 183 End Location: Campsite Mile 197 End Location GPS: 33.87235, -116.71139 Hard day climbing and descending Fuller Ridge of the Mt San Jacinto area. We encountered a bit of patchy snow on our traverse downward but it wasn’t bad. Pretty uneventful day
May 3rd, 2016 Miles Hiked: 6 miles Total Miles: 158 Start Location: Humbar Park Devils Slide Trail End Location: Campsite Mile 0183 End Location GPS: 33.77980, -116.69555 We took a full morning in town going to breakfast and picking up a few food items for the next stretch. In the guide book Yogi says the