A weekend of hiking and biking

On Saturday Sherry and I hiked the Exploration trail which is 8.7 miles with 1300' of climbing, all of it above 6000'. Sherry started to bonk about a mile from the top and eventually some chewy gummy bear type candy got her to the top but she started getting confused and trembling for a while which was scary. It turns out she had been having problems with the bite valve on her hydration pack so she had dry mouth that was preventing her from eating. She started drinking from my pack which helped a lot. I lubed her bite valve with canola oil when we got back.

We started off at 7am but it soon warmed up and it got to 77F by the time we got to the top at over 7000'. It was a beautiful day, though.

View from near the top

Water flowing in the creek

On Sunday Amber and I rode from Anaheim to San Clemente over Santiago Canyon. This is about 55 miles with 3700' of climbing so between the two days I got plenty of exercise.

It was overcast during the climb up Santiago Canyon which was a blessing and we decided to stop at Cook's Corner because we had the time. We were too late for breakfast so we enjoyed a grilled cheese and a quesadilla instead which, when you think about it, are pretty much the same thing.

The overcast continued for the descent on Aliso Creek trail which was awesome as usual. As we rode between Dana Point and San Clemente we came across a landslide blocking PCH!

We got to San Clemente with two hours to spare, despite spending an hour at Cook's Corner and treated ourselves to lattes. The train was 20 minutes late which was is actually better than average.