Day 31
Today's Miles: 19.7
We woke up this morning and headed out for another great day of hiking! We were treated to a great sunrise with a view over the desert that made us stop and watch in awe more than a couple times.
We've also gotten our first glimpses of Joshua Trees the last couple days!
Along the first climb of the day, we got to view the skeleton of an old mine in the hills above Baldwin Lake.
You can see the old mine near the top of the hill.
Looking back over Baldwin Lake from a chute of Granite laying across the trail.
Because the trail has been so nice and our bodies have been feeling less and less pain, we have been able to stop and really enjoy the little things on the trail.
Everything from wild flowers...
To crazy rock monster looking plants! Ha ha!
And as far as inside jokes go...Carl, if you are reading this; we were able to just escape the clutches of Van Dusen The Vampire! (Van Dusen Road pictured above).
Along the trail today we met five other thru hikers; Rubbs, Southern, Lucky Nalgene, Coop and Alex. With over 900 thru hiker permits issued by the PCTA this year, we know we are just beginning to meet all the hikers out this year.
We got some great views of Big Bear Lake along with a couple really neat PCT trail markers today as well!
As we continued to hike, we reached the Butler 1 and Butler 2 fire areas (after Twist found her third Geocache of the trip...unintentionally mind you!).
But with all the visibility due to lack of vegetation, we were able to see some dramatic landscape in the distance.
We ended the day at Holcomb Creek and will aim to hit the Hot Springs in the Deep Creek area tomorrow (bypassing the detour of course), and then maybe put in more miles later in the day after a quick dip in the springs.
-Tailgate
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