Photo: Desert Tortoise Got up early and headed out from the campground on an old jeep track. Lovely cool morning again, trail filled with wildflowers and loaded down with water! The first five miles

Photo: Boulders on Mastadon Peak Trail Early in the a.m. we drove from the BLM camp to the border of Joshua Tree NP entrance near Chiriaco Summit. Yeti donned his pack and was going to do the 9.5

Photo: Melanie & Petroglyph in Joshua Tree March 7 – 11 Indio – Chiriaco Summit, CA After leaving Borrego Springs, we went over to Mecca where the trail continued and were going to maybe stay

Photo: Moon in the morning on Harper Flat Yeti and I had spent the night before in Bow Willow Campground, which was almost full. A bit of a surprise as the last time I’d been through there it was

![ Photo: Aberreidy Beach Trefin to St. David's 11.7 miles I had an early breakfast of cereal, fruit, and toast with coffee – they had a coffee machine and ground coffee! I headed out again on a

Photo: Looking back at Pwll Deri with Hostel Fishguard to Trefin, 17 miles Luckily, the staff at the Rose & Crown were okay with getting me breakfast a bit earlier than their usual 8:30am start.

Photo: Cliffs beyond Cat Rock west of Newport Newport Parrog to Trefin, 12 miles Got up early so I could catch the 8:32 bus to Newport/Parrog, where I’d start my hike. Grey skies but dry so far.

Photo: Fabulous pool by Pour Off We took Li to breakfast at the North Rim Lodge which was very nice. The lodge has huge picture windows overlooking the Canyon. Quite the view. Li had hiked the exact

Photo: Stairway to Heaven in the Redwall May 14 So. Kaibab Trail to Cottonwood Campground on the No. Kaibab We left the Red Feather Lodge in Tusayan by 5:30am so I could catch the 6am shuttle to the

Photo: Winding Colorado Grand Canyon Wed May 7th - Tanner Trail to Cardenas Creek through Saturday May 10th - Grandview Point via Grandview Trail We got to the Red Feather Lodge in Tusayan the night