Day 13

(Dr Bug) Today we head back to the trail. The morning started another awsome juice combination from Tim's magic juicer. (I'm going to buy one when I finish this hike). It always amazes me how time we can consume when preparing for a hike. We spent all morning buying food and preparing our drop box for the High Sierras. We had nice big lazagna lunch compliments of Brittney, and then Tim drove us to the trail head. Without Tim it would be very difficult to plan this hike. He is the best little brother a guy could have.

There was a 2.5 mile, up hill climb on the Devils Slide Trail to the PCT. Very slow, I could feel civilization, like gravity, trying to pull me from the trail, or was it the three helpings of lazagna? We started at 2:20 pm, it was sunny and warm. It took 1 hr and 40 minutes to complete the 1,700 ft accent of the spur trail.

The PCT traveled through the large Jefferson pine forest. Part of the San Jacinto wilderness. Even the bolders were big, the vistas wide and breath taking. The max. alt. was 8613 ft. This is highest of my life. We walked only 8 miles to beautiful campsite of pine needles - past a place called rasberry caliagua. One of the prettiest walks of the hike.