Chula Vista Reservoir

Miles hiked: 19 miles
Elevation: 3448 feet
Campsite location: Laguna campground
Weather: rainy in the morning. Cold and windy in the afternoon.
One word to describe the day: tough

I was on the trail hiking by 7:00 a.m. It started raining around 8:00 a.m. and didn't stop until about noon. It was cold and windy so I ended up hiking a lot faster than I would have liked. I wanted to hike fast to get to Mount Laguna for a warm meal and to dry myself off.

I hiked 14 mi and made it to Mount Laguna by 12:00. I stopped at the Mount Laguna tavern and got a chicken panini fries and a cup of tomato basil soup. It was delicious. Of course! After hanging out at the tavern for about an hour. We want to the Mount Laguna store for our resupply. The next resupply will be in Julian at mile 77 so it's only 35 miles from where I'm at currently.

Since it was only about 1:00, me and a few other hikers decided to hike five more miles to the Laguna campground. There were many tent sites between our restaurant stop and the campsite but unfortunately they are all close for some unknown reason so we had to hike 5 mi to get to the nearest open campsite.

I had an unexpected vista that just took my breath away! I had no idea how high up we were. It was so beautiful.

I'm so tired after hiking 19 mi. Tomorrow I'm definitely going to take it easy. I don't want to injure myself!Read more