Weekend Skylines with friends

[Ellen]

Howdy All

I was fortunate to be invited to do Skyline both Sat and Sun with friends. Hiked with KD and Rita on Sat and Karin on Sun. The starting temperature on both days was perfect. Thanks to the winds, visibility in the Coachella Valley was amazing -- made for incredible sunrises as well as pristine views of the Salton Sea. Ran into very nice folks on Sat but Karin and I had Skyline to ourselves yesterday until the final scramble with Don from Grubbs Notch up to the tram viewing platform. KD and Rita headed over to Idywild. They invited me to join them, but I knew I would be toast on Sun. Thanks to KD for the beer (Sam Adams Winterfest -- I had the last one) and to Mark for the ride back to my car. Thanks to Karin for her friendship and conversation as I dragged my tired blonde butt uphill.

One humorous story from the weekend: I barely had a scratch by the time we reached Grubbs Notch on Sat. As I was scrambling up through the rocks to the viewing platorm, I banged my head on a rock outcropping. Wondered why everyone was staring at me when I climbed over the fence, then felt the blood trickling down my face Staunched the blood flow with my pistachio bandana (her maiden voyage). Now I was sporting Christmas colors -- a red and green bandana

Miles of smiles,
Ellen

[Sally]

Two Skylines in one weekend... Lucky you. I was looking at the mountain from my home yesterday, wistfully wishing I could be up there and wondering who was on Skyline. It was a such a beautiful day.

[kd]

Ellen,

Thanks for a lot of fun along the trail. Saturday may have been the best conditions I have had yet. Sorry to hear about your bump on the head.
Hopefully the Winterfest helped coagulate the blood ( strickly medicinal).
It was great to run into Mark again, along the trail.

The trip over to Humber Park was pretty uneventful, just a beautiful November day.

I hope you have fun this upcoming weekend.

---Kevin

[Hikin_Jim]

Wondered why everyone was staring at me when I climbed over the fence, then felt the blood trickling down my face Staunched the blood flow with my pistachio bandana (her maiden voyage). Now I was sporting Christmas colors -- a red and green bandana

I see that you're fully living up to your "bloody blonde hiking" tag line.

Bloody blonde with pistachio -- sounds like a really cool micro brew to me!

HJ

[Ellen]

Howdy HJ,

Bloody blonde with pistachio -- sounds like a really cool micro brew to me! HJ

Well, I'm still waiting for someone to develop SKYLINE IPA

Miles of smiles,
Ellen

[Hikin_Jim]

I'm still waiting for someone to develop SKYLINE IPA

Skyline Blonde more like.