Winged torment

Miles: 8.6
Start time: 9:32am
End time: 3:15pm
High / Avg / Low temp: 92.0F / 76.9F / 64.1F
Relative Humidity Avg: 21.5%
Injuries: Matt's right hip, we both have sore feet

We slept in today, on account of awful sleep, bah humbug

So we didn't get on the trail until after 9am, not the end of the world, on account of our tiredness we decided to hoof it the 8 miles to the next water source and call it a day.  This means we have 23 miles left, we have two dinners left, so we have a lil buffer, I am hoping we'll escape in a day and a half or so, time will tell

We started with 2 miles up hill, then a few mixed miles of up and down, then 4 miles down to this water source, by water source I mean barely moving puddles off to the side of the trail, but it's cool and fresh tasting, and saved our lives, I arrived here with only a mouthful of water left, it's been so hot and dry, it's been an educational experience hiking this southern californian section

We had our breakfast/lunch on the peak of our climb, around 7,000ft, tomorrow we'll be climbing up to 8000ft from the water source, good news is that there is another spring half way up the mountain, so we can pack lighter to begin with

The other highlight of the day was flies and bugs, in our face, swarming our hair and everywhere else, all day pretty much.. Fun times, thankfully none made it into our food, and we slaughtered all that invaded our tent.

So I think it is here I leave you, 7:08pm on a pleasant sunday afternoon.