Best day ever – we started at the water source cedar spring at 6.30am – and then had alpine ridges, rocks forests, pines, lizards, ascends and declines, hopping over ridges and fallen trees all day long. It was like the obstacle run I always wanted to do but never did.

Have you missed my regular 6AM GMT posts? I missed you too! 🫶 Sometimes I won’t be able to post because I don’t have service, battery or time. Then I’ll post as soon as I can.

We started quite early – alarm at 5.30 and hiked when it was still cool. I felt sick again today. I guess my body is inflamed from all the processed food I am eating. I have a bump under my right food which is worrying me. It’s like a long worm under my skin. A deep blister?It hurts. We didn’t stop all day except at Mike’s to get water.

I slept really great. It was a wonderful day – hiked with fish head, Jess and Kate, made it 13 miles and camped in the most epic spot on a mountain at 1500m. It was exhausting but I feel strong on the uphills. Really glad Kate is joining and made it to the camp side.

A “zero” is a day where you hike zero miles. I did two zeros in Julian to try and cure my cold.

Day 8

The first zero was all about sleeping in, enjoying the luxuries of a hotel, exploring Julian, laundry, swapping out gear, buying new gear, sending things to Illahee, and more eating. ,

Today was hard because I didn’t sleep well. Again. Haven’t been sleeping well since I got to San Diego. Altitude? The Cold? Hiking so much? Camping? All of the above?

We waited for our first resupply box at mount Laguna and since the post office didn’t open till noon, we took half the day off. Stretching, eating and watching the Acorn Woodpecker. 🙂