Today was a mix of scenery ranging from desert mountains to a burn to a lovely forest. We woke early as usual and hit the trail with General before it had a chance to warm up. The trail went up almost immediately, taxing heavy legs from the day before. We met up with General relaxing... Continue Reading →

We woke early and knocked the first part of the hike out by noon, arriving at a water spigot near the Green Valley fire station. General was waiting for us when we got there. After a long lunch and a siesta we headed out again. The trail climbed initially before descending over the next several... Continue Reading →

We left Agua Dulce early to try to get ahead of the heat since we were going to start the day with a lot of uphill.  Midway through the climb we heard the familiar sound of a helicopter which proceeded to circle the valley below us before lowering a paramedic.  After Vikings experience we were... Continue Reading →

We planned this as a 14 mile day with a stop in Agua Dulce for lunch being a prime motivator to get out early.  We were back on trail after a short road walk and almost immediately spotted two bobcats in the clearing below us.  After that the trail began to climb with no shade... Continue Reading →

We took a zero today at the LA RV Resort in Acton.  Blue Lizard hitched into town to do a little grocery shopping, but more importantly to ship our microspikes further up trail so we don't carry needless weight through the upcoming desert.  General made it in today, and Mom Cut and Viking decided to... Continue Reading →

Day 46 took us the rest of the way to the LA RV Resort outside of Acton.  We had resupply boxes to pickup and were likely going to take a zero the next day.  We ran into Viking when we got there which was a little confusing since we thought he was a ways behind... Continue Reading →

Today's goal was to make it 15 miles to get to the next water source at a ranger station. This would also leave us a short day's hike away from our next possible zero in Acton. The terrain itself wasn't bad, but there was a lot of overgrowth to push through. The only thing to... Continue Reading →

Today started with something we've hardly seen in the last month, clouds! It was marvelous.  The trail climbed steadily through the typical desert landscape we've become accustomed to before passing into a pine stand.  We had lunch among the pines before descending for much of the rest of the day.  We stopped at a fire... Continue Reading →

Today started with everyone in much better moods after a light day yesterday and good sleep last night. The hike today took us from one campground to another which has been the trend lately.  We still had some steep climbs to deal with in the morning, but most of the afternoon was easy downhill trail. ... Continue Reading →

Today ended up being a short day as everyone still seemed to be feeling the hard work on Baden-Powell the day before.  It was still cold outside and nobody wanted to get out of their tents.  I woke up with a lot of pain in my knee just above the spot where I got hit... Continue Reading →