On and Off the Trail
We returned home almost two weeks ago, but we are belatedly getting around to updating this site since there were lots of loads of laundry, grocery shopping trips, and other chores and errands in the interim... Our trip out west was a very hot one! Even though we never exceeded our outbound drive's hottest temperature of 126 degrees ( see previous post ), our entire California stay was almost unbelievably hot. The little Pasadena bungalow we rented through VRBO would normally have been fine with its single window air conditioner unit, but this was no typical heatwave. The effect of the usual searing hot California sun was compounded by the unusual (and unpleasant!) increase in humidity southern California seemed to be experiencing, just in time for us! We tried to brave the heat with morning hikes to places like Eaton Canyon Trail where water from a nearby fall allowed a very hot Katie to get a cool drink: Another morning, we hiked the 5.8 mile Echo Mountain Trail