Journey Day 27 | PCT Day 27

Looking back on the San Bernardinos, California

5/13/85

Up earliest yet, about 6:30 am. As the sun rises, we’re off down a trail taking us through another canyon, then on to Cajon Pass.  Noonish break under power lines is interrupted by bees. They run us off. One stings Keith on the nose.

Shaken, we hike out to the pass. Dinner at a diner a wonderful break. I inhale the salad. 

The sign marking an exit away’s stop facilities seems to have hurt this stop’s business. Bright signs dominate?

Then we hike under I-15, through a nature area where we learned the types of desert foliage through which we’d been walking for most of the last month. Up a little ways, crash under the stars again, a slight smog layer hangs in the air. Two trains pass near us to Keith’s delight.

300 miles done.

I feel I’ve accomplished something special. From a weekend hiker, I can go this far with only one night inside. I’m a PCT hiker. This is why we’ve come!