Project 365

Saturday, January 16, 2016

Eagle Rock Hike, Warner Springs 01/16/16

Experienced a great hike today-The Eagle Rock Hike. We hiked a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail. We hiked through Old Oak Trees, a running creek, chaparral, open vistas and boulder formations. We saw Lake Henshaw and the Palamar Observatory. Love this picture of a heart shaped hole in an oak tree!

Found a couple of trees that looked like they were "bleeding". There were about 5 trees that had a red section of their truck that was very interesting. Very unusual but visually impressive.

You do not see the Eagle from the lower trail but once you climb and round the boulder structure it is an amazing sight!

Some friends we met along the trail. I heard them saying."Eat more chicken!". They wouldn't MOOOOOVE from the trail so Jackie and I had to divert our path.

Ahh Holy Cow Shit...We made it. Total of 7 miles! Can't wait for our next expedition!

Taking a break to enjoy the view of the valley.

Resting or dogs!

Peace on the trail.

Saturday mid-day and no-one around!

2016:

2016 will be a year of new adventures. More hikes and camping and this year and I will be sharing photos of our experiences.

Our (my hubby and me) hike for 2016 was a 9 mile hike (01/09/16) in Crystal cove state park around the perimeter of the park. The difficulty of this hike was moderate.

This was an easy to moderate hike on a grey day. We came upon a lady and her friend who suffered an ankle sprain about a mile into our hike. It was pretty cool watching a Life Flight helicopter circle, avoid some power lines and land on the trail. Wonder how much this medical bill was?

The trail was very wide and maintained but still missed a turn off so ended up hiking an extra mile and half! Saw a few mountain bikers and other hikers but not too congested. Finished the day with a delicious lunch at the Beachcomber Restaurant with an awesome ambiance located on the beach. Took a quick hike to some tide pools before heading home having had an enjoyable day!