We are NOBO and that puts us at Paradise Valley Cafe or mile 151.8 at Richard’s across the street from the cafe.
At some point we will resupply and get back on the trail northbound to do San Jacinto and head to Morongo Nation at 209.5. Just over 58 miles so three days worth of food and we will have finished the Southern California section.
Thinking of what to do next and available water. Excited too.
Had this song running through my mind Ventura Highway
The “alligator lizards in the air” came from another actual memory of living in California. My brother and I used to catch lizards and snakes all the time. There is an actual animal here called an alligator lizard. But this was also referring to a cloud formation, a shape. A long cloud that reminded me of an alligator lizard.
Learned something.
Also this song https://www.songfacts.com/facts/john-denver/rocky-mountain-high
Have three days resupply and buying second breakfast/lunch at Red Kettle in Idlewild. Then back to Richard’s, pack up and hit the trail.