Mt. Laguna

We made it to Mount Laguna today, mile 43.  It was a nice, easy, 13 mile hike as we did the biggest climb first thing in the morning.  We got up early and did some sun salutations as the rising sun cleared the ridge. Glorious.  Then we took off hiking without coffee.  A few hours up the trail we had our coffee and a meal.  It seems to be a good idea and one that we shall likely try to continue.

A few less flowers posing along the trail, but more manzanita, buck brush and other bushes.  The trail too baseball sized cobbles that were a little hard on our feet. 

We met a half dozen south bound hikers heading to the PCT kickoff.  We played leap frog with Stan from Anchorage who is hiking half of the PCT this year and the other half next year.  Nice guy.  We met trail angel Jackalope and her  6 year old son Bear Bait. We met David who is preparing for a future PCT hike.  We met up again with Jen (the gal Mark gave his gaiters to) and her hiking partner Rob.  We've been leap frogging with them too and enjoy their company. It's fun meeting new people.

 Super Dave at the Mt. Laguna sports store is super awesome.  We bought a couple more pairs of socks as we gave some away along the trail.  (We just tend to do crazy stuff like that). If you are in Mt. Laguna, go to his store for gear.  It is packed full of quality gear and Dave knows his stuff!

Abruptly a fever and sore throat overtook me as we were getting some grub at the store.  Luckily, we have a cabin for the night and hopefully I'll be better tomorrow after a breakfast at the Pine Tavern and Cafe and be able to again start striding north.  If not, we will book a room for another night.  You just gotta go with the flow.