Tiger, great to hear from you -- very sorry that you are under the weather. The good news is that the weather is hot in the mountains, so this is a great time to be in coastal California! (We have been surfing every morning for the past few days -- we have had a very nice little Baja hurricane swell, giving us peaky waves at the beach breaks. Almost as much fun as camping!) Hang in there -- I have to believe that you will hit the trails again soon, just as you did after your knee surgery.
Speaking of trails, which ones did we miss?? I am always interested in high country stuff -- since we do not backpack, we really like those rare Sierra trailheads at or above 9,000 feet, which provide us with access to cool alpine terrain without too many miles of climbing. But there are not too many roads that reach that elevation.
