Idyllwild Area to Apple Valley--May 12th--May 16th: friends & outdoor fun!
Big Bear City welcomes Phantom, Alaska Brian, and Teapot (Little Foot).
Handsome hitchhikers Phantom and Good To Go working the crowd in Idyllwild.
Phantom negotiates stream ford on Mission Creek...only 25 more times to cross it today!
Zing (Grilled Cheese) hoping for a ringer during game day in Idyllwild.
Don't mess with Psycho when he's slinging a horseshoe!
Good times with good friends...Psycho, B.S., Rabbit, and Zing having some competitive fun.
Phantom and Good To Go enjoying the transition zone on the way down from San Jacinto to the desert.
Ah, the Whitewater River...thankfully it provided welcome shade and cool respite on an extremely hot day.
Here we go into the desert...wish we had started this hike about two hours earlier!
Master say to Grasshopper..."someday you will understand the secrets of the trail".
Phantom on steep side slab in slippery snow.
Phantom hikes into evening sunset.
What a nice surprise, catching up to old AT friend Squirrel! Good To Go meets our old friend.
Squirrel, Good To Go, Phantom, and Opto share some shade on the forest service road walk up to San Jacinto.
Phantom, Good To Go, Squirrel, and Opto.
More friends on the Black Mtn. roadwalk to San Jacinto: Debi, Good To Go, Psycho, Phantom, and Rabbbit.
We've been hanging out with this crew since first night on trail: Debi, Good To Go, Psycho, Phantom, and Zing.
Hey bartender...how about a little shot of that there lemonade vodka stuff you got going on.
Three amigos: Good To Go, Rabbit, and Phantom departing from Big Bear City.
Proof of a good old fashioned butt whipping. Rabbit, Good To Go and Phantom on the left vs. Psycho, Zing, and B.S. on the right.
It's COLD here in Southern California...dinner is almost ready to be served.
Heading down to Idyllwild after several miles of bushwhacking.
