Day 12

Miles hiked: 12.7
Elevation: 2876
Campsite location: cedar spring 162.7
Weather: 80s and sunny
One word to describe the day: relaxing

I woke up this morning behind Paradise valley Cafe, packed up and got breakfast. Biscuits and gravy, bacon, hash browns and cantaloupe 😌 It was delicious! Today was a short day. We hiked 12 miles through the desert landscape that slowly turned to pine trees and cedars. We are heading up towards San jacinto. Tomorrow we hit snow for the first time.

Staying at a beautiful campsite surrounded by cedars, it has a fresh water spring and lots of great people. A few people I met on my first day showed up. Alex from Seattle who is a friend of a friend, and the darkness who is a triple crowner. She had hiked all three long trails and is doing the pct a second time.

Met Megan who started in March and is back in the San jacinto area to hike what she had to skip. She is from orange county.Read more