Vacation is over….But it was Great!

Well the fun is over and we’re back to the grind so to speak. Our vacation started very poorly, we had plans to go to the Grand Canyon with Sue of warriors for innocence. However; some unforseen medical issues came up and caused us to have to cancel the trip. We decided to take a local vacation. So on Tuesday, we packed up our gear and went to Idylwild. We rented a nice cabin (Midweek prices were great) for 3 days. I spent the first day in recovery mode, but then I felt better and we began to enjoy the area.

On our first hike we went to Black Mountain, they have a fire lookout tower that is staffed by volunteers. We were the first visitors of the season.

The next day we did a short 5.5 mile hike on very scenic trail. The trail was mostly shaded and all down hill, unfortunately it was all up hill on the way back…

Thursday we decided to really push ourselves and we decided to take on “Devils slide Trail” The trail is only 2.7 miles but it’s all uphill to the saddle.

It was a great trip, we both would have rather been with Sue in the canyon but it was not possible this year. I hope you had fun Sue, send pics please.

The one thing we noticed about Idylwild was the Obama fans, the bumper stickers for Obama or against the war or against Bush….Well, I figured it was my place to call attention to the facts…So my “Keep the change” bumper sticker, and my “Buck Ofama” writing in the dust on my back windshield started many looks but for some reason no one challenged my views in person…Damn Shame too…

I could retire up there no problem, it’s very peacefull during the week. On the weekends it gets a little busy but it’s not Big Bear and there is hunting allowed in some areas near there… All in all a great trip.