Yesterday evening the clouds piled up against the San Jacintos and Santa Rosas, edged slightly past the ridgelines heading eastward as the sun sunk behind them. Storm coming, they said.
It was a promise fulfilled, though only to the letter. The
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We lit out for the countryside this afternoon, figuring that watching the sun set over the Valley from some vantage point up on the mountain was a good way to mark Valentine’s Day. Smart of us. There’s a road that climbs up San Jacinto from Palm
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Well, that hike I took a week ago isn’t any easier in the other direction. I went up the Museum Trail this time. I clearly have some work to do in the cardio department. I stopped about eight times to when I got too anoxic and dizzy.
Still a fun
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The shadow of Mount San Jacinto falls on Joshua Tree National Park. Photo taken from the north end of the South Lykken Trail.
It’s been an interesting week or so, perspective-wise. First came the obligatory and even trite introspection that comes
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