In contrast to yesterday, a pleasant ramble along a ridgeline

Challenging? Character building? Chilly? I think I'll just describe today as memorable.

Resting and planning and meeting up with the parents.

A varied day of desert and mountains and wind

A 'minimal' day turns into a very full day... and night

A quick 15 miles across yet more chaparral, with chairs and beer.

Back on the trail. A slow start through dry country, ending on a green mountain.

I'm itching to get back on the trail. I don't belong here at home.

I scoot back down the mountain, and shelter in San Diego at home

Trying to figure out what to do. Snow is expected on Tue and Wed for the mountains west beyond Wrightwood.

Back in the groove. Great day walking through unexpectedly green landscape, with a nice motel room at the end.

Almost all my days so far on the PCT have been great. This was not one of those days.

A quick cool sunny stroll downhill to Deep Creek Bridge, with no real agenda other than walking.

A kind of lazy day--resupply in the morning, walking in the afternoon to a great campsite.

Hopped for several miles across Mission Creek, then sharply uphill into the forest.

Hopped for several miles across Mission Creek, then sharply uphill into the forest.

Visited the beautiful Whitewater Preserve, then decide to really escape the heat and run for the hills.

I take a rest day in Palm Springs.

Down down down, dropping 6000 feet off Fuller Ridge into the heat of the desert. Spectacular views, and a bit arduous.

Really great day hiking. Until the snow traverses.

Short day, with afternoon idling in Idyllwild. Burger. Pizza.

Sluggish to start, then a day in the scrub. Not a particularly thrilling day

My favorite day of hiking so far, following a creek up a wooded canyon, then a high traverse across remote mountains, ending up at Trail Angel Mike's.

A wonderfully scenic and easy downhill day, leaving the desert for the pretty oak grasslands around Warner Springs. And blisters :-(

A wonderful day. A visit from Chris and a friends family. A hearty meal in Julian. A great walk through a cactus garden. Plus a boa and a rattlesnake.