Fire Water Burn

Miles: 10.6
Start time: 7:54am
End time: 5:10pm
High / Avg / Low temp: 75.7F / 64.2F / 56.2F
Relative Humidity Avg: 31.8%
Injuries: none to report

Today started out a lil slow and we didn't get of our camp until 7:54, not the end of the world as we only planned 10miles for the day, which was a bit of a struggle bus with the elevation gain today, about 5000ft if memory serves

We had a gradual, and at times not gradual up hill all day, the first five miles eased us up to 6000ft, the next five miles was punctuated by steep climbs with descents to let us climb the elevation again, up to 8000ft, which is pretty much the top of the elevation for the next miles we have to do, with ups n downs of course for good measure

We saw a fat nope rope, believed to be a gopher snake after yakking with another hiker, and two bearded dragons, a rabbit, other assorted lizards, birds, bugs, and loads of ants, I'm convinced this mountain range is one giant ant mound

Today wasn't too hot, but the blazing sun around 11am was starting to bake our brains so we took a medium length siesta (2hrs) and were actually cold in the shade, so down jackets were needed, we planned to stay longer but the cold encouraged us to head out at 2 pm.

Just before our nap though we officially entered the San Bernardino forest, loaded with flowers and lovely scents

So post siesta left us to climb up to 8000ft and another pine forest, ravaged by fire, seems a theme of California, burnt to the ground

A few miles before our campsite we parted ways with mission creek, our trusty source of water for the last 13 miles, the next trail water is in 16 miles, but tonight we have excellent spring water here at our camp site, cold and everything, such a treat.

It's late and I'm passing out, we are expecting temps down to 32F / 0C tonight so time to bundle up

Later gators