Yesterday Sally and I hiked up Vivian to San Gorgonio peak, then headed down the ridge to San Bernardino peak and out Angelus Oaks. We did a car stagger before starting. The hike took about 12 hours. We covered 25.25 miles and gained ~6500 ft. No wonder the 9 peaks hike takes me over 14 hours. The cheeseburgers at the Oaks were heavenly.
It was humid with little to no breeze. Occaisionally we had cloud cover, which helped, although every time we headed uphill the sun came out and baked us
The chipmunks on the summit were very entertaining. They would stand up on the their hind legs looking over at San Jacinto. Hmm...an omen...guess I better come visit my mountain sister.
Miles of smiles,
Ellen
She noted the Pacific Diamondback was very long and took a while to slither into the bushes to our left.
