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Big Bear!

So we have made it over 250 miles!! Pretty amazing when I think about it.....kind of crazy we have walked that far. It has been great thus far. I am loving it. Though we are about to go into the really hot desert section so...But here are some photos from this last bit

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Our very dirty clothes. We had to fill the tub like 4 times to get the water to not get to that dark brown color. Amazing how dirty things get in the desert

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And I did not realize we had to watch out for....

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Killer Trees!!!

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We woke up one morning in the clouds. So we packed up and started walking and we got to this boulder field that was amazing! The clouds were rolling in and then they would start to retreat and then come in again....we sat and ate breakfast there. It was one of my favorite parts of the trip thus far as it was gorgeous!

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It was amazing. The ground was just like one big rock with boulders on it. Absolutely gorgeous!

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I also didn't realize I had to watch out for cheerleaders.....

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And squirrels.....there are so many dangers out there I never thought about before we left :)

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Outside of Idyllwild we ran into our first snow...but Raymond took care of that :)

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It is a hard hard life we have out on the trail....

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Raymond's backpack is a magnet for small birds...when we stop to take a break they flock

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More snow in the San Jacinto Wilderness

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The first night out of Idyllwild we camped on Fuller Ridge above the clouds. It was gorgeous!

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Above the clouds. It was awesome

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We are sooo dirty. And walking through Mesa wind farm

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Whitewater canyon was gorgeous as well. Lots of water flowing with tadpoles in it.

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Cooling off in Mission Creek (our hottest day we have had thus far. The water was sooo cold and felt sooo good)

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There are a lot of burned areas with cool burned trees

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Mission Creek Canyon was super hot....but had a ton of beautiful flowers. The walls of the canyon were covered with purple flowers. It was awesome

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We got to Big Bear this morning and had a HUGE breakfast. It was so good.

We are in Big Bear now and it seems like we should be able to upload our audio tonight so it should be up shortly! And we are heading out tomorrow afternoon. Hope you enjoyed the pictures!

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Rachel said…
Great pictures, dang now that's a real freaking breakfast :) i'm willing to bet it was so yummy.
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