Idyllwild Area to Apple Valley--May 12th--May 16th: landscapes & creatures!
Phantom looking dapper in burned out trail area that is recovering nicely with wildflowers.
Who says the desert is ugly?
First good view of San Jacintos up ahead...we may really have to hike in snow after all!
They weren't kidding when they said this is almost a record snow year. San Jacinto peak.
Thanks to scrub and grass it isn't all barren in the desert.
Snow fields on San Jacinto...we're using map and compass to bushwhack to find the side trail outta here!
Phantom in snow near Red Taquitz on San Jacinto.
Hot day in the desert working out way over to the San Gorgianos.
A hitchhiker's view of San Jacinto taken from the Idyllwild area.
Millionth lizard seen...and he actually cooperated and posed for the camera.
Good to Go treks across the final 10 miles into Warner Springs...looking more like African grasslands.
Fire burned areas offer stark landscapes and plenty of views with no vegetation.
Hello amigo, glad you let us know you were home!
Popular Eagle Rock at sunset near Warner Springs Ranch.
Sunset along the PCT about an hour's hike from Warner Springs Ranch.
Back on the PCT after by-passing Fuller Ridge...that's a 10,000 foot descent coming up to the hot desert floor near Palm Springs, CA.
Just leave me alone and I won't bother you either!
Looking back at San Jacinto peak...did we really just come down that?
Hot, hot, hot hike on the desert floor near I-10.
Good To Go trekking through miserable heat in the San Felipe hills.
