Started hiking at about 10:00 this morning, temperature Was about 70F so it wasn’t too bad. After About 5 miles, I made contact with another group and hiked with them for the remainder of the day. Been windy and sunny which hasn’t been too bad, but the sand gets to be a little annoying.
Still have 2mi to go to lake morena for tonight, but since there is no cellphone reception, I am posting from near morena butte.
Lots of lizards out here, no snakes. Time to blast off towards fresh water and showers!
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Nathanial,
Jordan sent me your link and I read all that you posted through day one on the trail. Looking forward to following your progress. Good luck with everything and protect your knees.
Take care,
Tim
Thank you much! I am doing low mileage for a bit now, knees are definitely a concern but I am wearing braces and taking it slow 🙂 hope all is well on your end!