Hi, Mom here again. “Handy GPS” sent me another message a little while ago. Melissa and Justin hiked 22 miles today. 22 mountainous miles. Check out the satellite picture from their coordinates below. Perhaps we’ll be hearing from them soon.
The San Jacinto Mountains are breathtaking. After departing from the Boojum Base, we started back on the trail from Pines to Palms Hwy (mile 151). We knew up ahead on the trail were many uncertainties with ice steep ridges at 9,000 ft and higher. We were prepared with a detour Read more…
“Pines to Palm Highway” Melissa and I were picked up this afternoon by a friend, Jackie, whom I used to work with at Boojum Institute for Experiential Education. We stopped by the grocery store before coming to the “base,” a small lot containing a few trailers, a large gear shed, Read more…
April 29, 2010 [singlepic id=1 w=640 h=480 float=center] Hi, it Melissa’s Mom again. Melissa must be using an iPhone app to send me their location coordinates, because I received a somewhat cryptic message from her today with her latitude and longitude information. This is where they were at about 11:43 Read more…
We made it 109 miles to the small historic resort town of Warner Springs (population 203)! This afternoon we enjoyed warm showers, cleaning our clothes in a bathtub (it was muddy brown liquid!), and cheeseburgers for dinner as well as a dip in natural hot springs and good convo with Read more…