Saddleback Mountain

April 30, 2016 Time to embrace the Saddleback hike up Holy Jim Trail. I had been dreading this hike for a long time. Last year we hiked up the Joplin trail to the top of Modjeska Peak which is the back hump of the saddle or the second tallest peak of the San Gabriel Mountains, … Read more

Los Pinos 11 mile hike

April 23, 2016 Los Pinos was the hike chosen to do this day in preparation of the Grand Canyon hike. We had already done this exact same hike last year up in Trabuco Canyon but we had parked about a half mile away before the trail head and this time we got a parking spot … Read more