El Capitan (El Cajon Mountain) Trail, ‘Wow’, San Diego County.
Still playing 'King of the Castle' and loving it—at peak. (Gets better during 2nd childhood) Jenni climbing steep and rough slopes, camera can't portray Facing Coronado Bay from many, many miles away, pre-sunset Over the last two-and-half years, we have undertaken at least four hundred hikes—we suppose it seems a lot when blurted as one figure—probably is. You might ask: ‘What else do you do with yourselves?’ We could provide a number of answers but that would be telling. Today, we were inspired and could not help pushing a little harder. This morning, we witnessed a friend of ours, Gary S, showed loving kindness to a fellow human. That was all we needed as we set off to attempt San Diego County’s toughest hike, in our opinion. In fact, it would fit easily into the top ten hikes mentioned in the opening statement–strenuous as all 'hell'. As one wag said, “It is uphill both ways.” Panoramic view late in the day Jenni a little into her ascent which invol...