Faster or Slower?

Sitting in the driveway of casa de Luna I am a little antsy to be back on the trail. I want to be in the sierras, supposed cherry on top on the pct sundae, but I have to remind myself to smell the roses and take a nero in stride. My last two days have been my highest mileage yet and I guess I deserve a little reward.

I've run into quite a few more hikers now. Rolling into agua dulce and the wonderful sauffley heaven, seven new faces were already peering over adult beverages and enjoying comfy couches. I was given the option of shacking up in a horse trailer or a couch. I stupidly chose the couch. How many chances will I get to sleep in a horse trailer? I broke the cardinal rule of turning down something new. I cannot say enough about the sauffley's and the amazing set up they have there, truly wonderful people! Skipping this place is much more than criminal.

As I descended out of the San Gabriel's the pines slowly faded to chapparel and the unfortunately familiar desert. The hike into agua dulce was filled with hills of yellow flowers and amazing rock formations. The San Andreas fault has has crushed this place for ages and produced stunning work.

I'm not looking forward to the 250 more miles of desert but the dude abides and beautiful mountains await!

P.S. Casa de Luna is awesome, so much love flows through the house and beautiful manzanita garden! We also got a tour of the town. It's a tiny little place but Justified, an awesome tv show, is filmed at several locations here and the Butterfield Stage Coach used to have a route through the main drag. We were also the first hikers to sign this years banner.