flowers at sunset, coming up from cajon pass

Big thanks to my friend Lionel who bought me my altras, I’m so happy to be hiking in these again

Finally, a bridge as gay as me!

Pinecones twice the size of your head are freaky… lets hope the pine cone rain doesn’t get me!

Made it to 300 the other night! Then hiked an extra 7 miles to visit Deep Creek hot springs

flowers at sunset coming out of Cajon pass

flowers along a dusty desert path

The little lizards are so cute!

pack+dirt= the best chair you’ve ever sat in I promise. Or maybe hiking all day just makes me so tired I appreciate every break I allow myself.

Passed an old mine on my way out of Big Bear

I’m so grateful to be here, and so grateful that there’s so much of the journey still left to go.

This was the longest stretch yet between resupplies, yet somehow I made it into Wrightwood with more food than I set out from  Big Bear with. Crazy huh? I got really lucky in the hiker boxes at the Cajon Pass Best Western – 5 whole Mountain House meals!!! That’s over $50 worth of food, and honestly those freeze dried meals are the easiest and tastiest food I get on the trail, so I appreciate them so much.

After walking a marathon into Big Bear and still feeling good, I decided pulling 20s on the regular shouldn’t be that far out of my reach right? I walked 20, then 22, then 20, then 18, then 24 miles to get here, and for the most part I’m feeling strong, but I do know I need to let my body rest after that. Especially after all the climbing that happened on that 24 mile day yesterday.

Luckily I’ve found a farm where I can stay for free, and potentially even work for a day or two. It would be nice to hit the trail again with enough money in my pocket to make sure I can buy my next pair of shoes (that’s not an urgent need though, these shoes I hiked out of Big Bear in are still practically brand new). I don’t want to stay too long because so many of my friends are leaving today, and it’ll be a lot of work to catch up again. If I can maintain these 20 mile days though, hopefully I’ll catch up by the time we get to the next resupply in Agua Dulce.