In all actuality it was not a day in paradise and actually a pretty tough day. I woke up within a mile or two of at least 4 other hikers and ate at the paradise cafe with two of them. Robin, an older man from england and Brian, a nice 25 year old from Boise. I had a much needed giant beef burrito. After some issues with the mail, Brian realized he only had two of three packages. The one he was missing had his maps an lots of food. So he decided he would hike with me. It worked out good and he really pushed me pretty hard the second half of today and we chatted quite a bit making the miles fly by. I am camped at mile 161 and hope to put in about 23 tomorrow to get into idyllwild. There I may spend some or all of Saturday depending on how I feel.
As for scenery, we started in the dessert then walked through huge boulder fields then grassland themes saw some actual trees with very welcoming shade. The weather was absolutely perfect with no rain. I draped most my things that were still wet over my pack and they dried out by mid day. Despite good views and good scenery, all day was up and down. We would climb down into a canyon only to see the switch backs of the trail on the other side. I am camped nearly on the top of a very high ridge at nearly 7000 feet and am set for a windy night.
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