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Time to take out the camera.https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_18691.jpgIMG_1869[1]https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_15801.jpgIMG_1580[1]https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_15471.jpgIMG_1547[1]"Hey REI. I think your toilet's running."https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_15371.jpgIMG_1537[1]Kennedy Meadows General Store2015-07-04T13:47:30+00:00monthlyhttps://storiestalesandtrails.com/2015/06/19/dirt-biker-or-how-i-stopped-worrying-and-learned-to-love-crushed-toes/https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_14271.jpgIMG_1427[1]https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_13741.jpgIMG_1374[1]https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_14721.jpgIMG_1472[1]Kittens of the night, perhaps judging us for hiking so late in the season. https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_14681.jpgIMG_1468[1]Our home for the next few days.2015-07-04T03:14:05+00:00monthlyhttps://storiestalesandtrails.com/2015/06/14/updates-and-reflections-on-our-first-month-on-the-pacific-crest-trail/https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_12501.jpgIMG_1250[1]Gummy Bear, Supertramp, and Laughtrax hiking under a rainbow through the Mojave after a light shower.https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_11191.jpgIMG_1119[1]Gummy Bear and me, getting ready to stuff our faces.https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_11821.jpgIMG_1182[1]2015-06-16T17:53:58+00:00monthlyhttps://storiestalesandtrails.com/2015/06/03/halfway-through-the-desert-tastes-so-sweet/https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_09031.jpgIMG_0903[1]Looking down at Cajon Pass and beyond at the San Gabriel Mts., https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_09621-e1433290336617.jpgIMG_0962[1]A visitor to our campsite.https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_09541.jpgIMG_0954[1]The water cache near where we camped after our night hike.https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_09301.jpgIMG_0930[1]Fruit Stand in Cajon Passhttps://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_08451.jpgIMG_0845[1]Reunited with Reid and Noah at the hot springs of Deep Creek. Lisa enjoys a brief soak before we start hiking again.2015-06-06T14:48:35+00:00monthlyhttps://storiestalesandtrails.com/2015/05/27/up-the-devils-slide-down-san-jacinto-and-into-the-rattlesnakes-mouth/https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_06691.jpgIMG_0669[1]https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_07641.jpgIMG_0764[1]Playing tourists in Big Bear Lake.https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_07191.jpgIMG_0719[1]Beautiful but eternally sunny.https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_07341.jpgIMG_0734[1]A much needed lunch break in the shade.https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_07431.jpgIMG_0743[1]https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_07581.jpgIMG_0758[1]All worship the shade of the trees!https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_06231.jpgIMG_0623[1]https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_06411.jpgIMG_0641[1]"Mattshu-San! Run for your lives!!"https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_06481.jpgIMG_0648[1]"My trail, human!"https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_06431.jpgIMG_0643[1]2015-05-28T15:46:47+00:00monthlyhttps://storiestalesandtrails.com/2015/05/21/idyllically-idle-in-idyllwild/https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_05161.jpgIMG_0516[1]We've been told this is a horny toad. While other lizards are very bashful and camera shy, the horny toad is an unrepentant self-promoter. https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_05401.jpgIMG_0540[1]Nine hikers camped out in this boulder field atop a sandy ridge. We watched the sunset together. Later that night the Milky Way was visible.https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_05701.jpgIMG_0570[1]The Paradise Cafe, 1 mile off the trail, enticed us all with its siren song of soda, eggs and bacon and burgers. https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_05781.jpgIMG_0578[1]2015-05-26T14:18:28+00:00monthlyhttps://storiestalesandtrails.com/2015/05/18/100-miles/https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_04701.jpgIMG_0470[1]Our logistical support expert, vital to the success of our journey, wrote this lovely note and included it in our first mail drop.2015-05-21T20:42:04+00:00monthlyhttps://storiestalesandtrails.com/2015/05/15/77-miles-and-one-blister-later/https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_0212.jpgIMG_0212https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_0280.jpgIMG_0280https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_0338.jpgIMG_0338https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_0131.jpgIMG_0131https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_0228.jpgIMG_0228https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_0107.jpgIMG_0107https://storiestalesandtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_0047.jpgIMG_0047This is one of our hosts in San Diego. 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