My new shoes are so comfy but are a little too big around the ankle and I am getting a frustrated plantar fascia which is something that I am now focusing on as far as injury prevention goes. (My IT band tightness has largely been resolved due to stretching).
I am in a pine forest! That's so refreshing... But it should be back to desert tomorrow afternoon.
The past few days has been an 8000 foot climb or something like that. I don't have my elevation profile to remind me of the exact footage of my prior misery. It was all good though. Pretty enjoyable really. My highlight of the past 55 miles was definitely yesterday because after gaining elevation in hot desert scrub, all day, while crossing whitewater creek a total of 23 times I came to an oak grove where monk was starting a camp fire and playing his didgeridoo. It was 5 miles before I was going to stop to camp but couldn't pass it up.
The 15 miles I walked that day was countered by the 23 I did today. If my heal pain cools down I think this section would be an amazing place to get my first 30 in.
Most hikers go out to a town named Big Bear tomorrow but once again I am skipping a resupply spot to stay on the trail more. I have about 120 miles til I get out to my resupply spot, so this is the longest planned resupply of the trip. That climb was hard!! Wouldn't skip Big Bear again!
Also I passed a place called Predators in Action around mile 250 (oh yeah! 250 miles!). They train predators of the wild to act in motion pictures. Woah!
Obviously horrible pictures but it was like being at a private zoo.
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