After a marvelous breakfast at the Julian Hotel we filled our water bottles and checked out. We then headed to meet up with the professor for our ride to the trail.

We are picking up where we left off the other day. The weather is absolutely beautiful!!

We’ve been doing good today so far, the trail is smooth and it’s easy going. A big group of young people slowly trickle by us. Then we pass them as they stop for lunch.

San Jacinto has the snow on top still.

The trail starts to wind around and we start descending. We were told about an alternate route that bypasses the big decent and then the big climb. But we couldn’t find it.

It’s a mystery to me why we go all the way down and then all the way back up again. Why not just stay on the ridge? Or the slope?

We literally hike across the valley and hike up the other side on those mountains that we’ve been looking at. Then up and down and all around those. I do have to admit it is beautiful out here.

Sunrise this morning,

Be well.