Destination: San Francisquito Canyon Road
Starting Location: Agua Dulce
Today’s Miles: 24.20
Trip Miles: 478.90
Agua Dulce (454.4, 2530) to San Francisquito Canyon Road (478.6, 3385) ascent (4560) descent (3517)
I am totally spent. Dave gave us a ride after we arranged for my dad to pick up some of our Sierra stuff, and food for beyond Highway 138 (on Wednesday). We started hiking with heavy packs and moved like slugs as we traveled down a lengthy road walk. Fortunately trail angels Dean & Daniel had offered to meet us at Bouquet Canyon Road which allowed us to only carry three liters of water versus six. When we met them we not only got water but juice, soda & chips. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
We hiked on a long way and found more magic as we rounded a corner in the heavy chaparral to find the Casa Oasis. Complete with a plastic skeleton and a pink flamingo, eccentric and lovable Joe & Terry Anderson have carved out a tunnel in the vegetation where we found chairs, soda & beer on ice and a trash can. As we were scratching our head while enjoying a soda (beer for Weed), in walks Joe Anderson. We had a fun time joking around and talking about the trail. We were caught in the vortex and did not leave until 4 pm with another 7 miles to water. Those were really tough miles.
When we got to the road, Terry found us and offered us an all you can eat dinner and breakfast at the Casa de Luna. We were tempted, but want to ensure we get out early for our planned 25 miles tomorrow. I hope I recover over night as I am totally exhausted. My stomach has been acting up a lot and that is taking a physical but more significantly a mental toll. I got a message to Liz to try and reach the nutritionist I was working with to prior to the hike in an attempt to try some nutritional options that may help.
Destination: San Francisquito Canyon Road
Starting Location: Agua Dulce
Today’s Miles: 24.20
Trip Miles: 478.90
Agua Dulce (454.4, 2530) to San Francisquito Canyon Road (478.6, 3385) ascent (4560) descent (3517)
I am totally spent. Dave gave us a ride after we arranged for my dad to pick up some of our Sierra stuff, and food for beyond Highway 138 (on Wednesday). We started hiking with heavy packs and moved like slugs as we traveled down a lengthy road walk. Fortunately trail angels Dean & Daniel had offered to meet us at Bouquet Canyon Road which allowed us to only carry three liters of water versus six. When we met them we not only got water but juice, soda & chips. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
We hiked on a long way and found more magic as we rounded a corner in the heavy chaparral to find the Casa Oasis. Complete with a plastic skeleton and a pink flamingo, eccentric and lovable Joe & Terry Anderson have carved out a tunnel in the vegetation where we found chairs, soda & beer on ice and a trash can. As we were scratching our head while enjoying a soda (beer for Weed), in walks Joe Anderson. We had a fun time joking around and talking about the trail. We were caught in the vortex and did not leave until 4 pm with another 7 miles to water. Those were really tough miles.
When we got to the road, Terry found us and offered us an all you can eat dinner and breakfast at the Casa de Luna. We were tempted, but want to ensure we get out early for our planned 25 miles tomorrow. I hope I recover over night as I am totally exhausted. My stomach has been acting up a lot and that is taking a physical but more significantly a mental toll. I got a message to Liz to try and reach the nutritionist I was working with to prior to the hike in an attempt to try some nutritional options that may help.
Robert Francisco 
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