Day 3 – lake Morena to cibbets flat

Jake made us oatmeal to share in the morning again, apples & cinnamon, sooo good. We were trying to wait out the rain and didn’t end up leaving camp until after 9. The rain did mostly stop and we just hiked through mist and clouds for the rest of the day.

Another hiker left a note for the rest of us.

I have taken a LOT of pictures of plants and flowers.

Hiking in the rain and taken unfocused pictures.

I was feeling really good as we rolled into our lunch spot, a little campground I can’t remember the name of. “Mush” joined us for lunch at a picnic table and we had a nice chat. Discussed possibly making it all the way to Mt Laguna but that didn’t happen for us.

After lunch I was leading us and we were cruising for a while. The weather continued to be cool and cloudy so it was perfect for hiking. We passed a quite a few day hikers, they looked so clean! About 2 miles away from where we decided to stop for the night my foot started to bother me and it became a struggle. It wasn’t unbearable pain but it was uncomfortable to keep walking. We made it to the junction where a road leads down to the campground and walked the .7 miles down a fairly steep hill.

No other hikers are here which is understandable because in the morning we now get to walk up that steep hill before we even start our miles for the day. There are some RVs and other car campers here.

The wind and cold here was brutal. We could see our breath after we made dinner at 5pm and I could not get warm. I think I was a little dehydrated so I made myself a scratch drink before bed and chugged that. The wind did finally die down. I woke up at 12:20 to a couple camped next to us loudly arguing about setting up the tent or something. I was annoyed because I was having a really vivid dream about pie.