We did 10 miles above Big Bear Lake on Sunday and I'll break this into 3 posts. First we have the first 2 miles which took us 2 hours and some 40 or 50 pictures. It was beautiful. We encountered a Mexico to Canada PCT hiker named GESH. Apparently at one point of the trail (5 miles previous to our start point), you come up to a chain link fence only to realize there's a Lion on the other side. Much more nerve racking is when you don't know about the fence but walk along and hear the enormous roar of a lion. There's a wildlife park near Big Bear. Who knew?
I'd like to go see the Grizzlies as these animals are awesome.
This part of the hike was along a creek and meandered through shaded creek meadows.
The next few miles were exposed
ridges with views of our target. If you want to know how far away a ten mile hike takes you, go back to the top picture in this post and see the small white blotch in between the trees. That's the dry lakebed we would meet our ride back to our car at.The first 8 miles of the hike were extraordinary. I wasn't too friendly for the last 2 miles. I was tired, hot, worn out from pain, (I had been in a car accident the day before), and a little pissy. Compunding all of this was the lack of anywhere remotely appealing to sit down. However. . .
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