Temescal Canyon, tk6
Mt. Baldy, take 4
Mt. Baldy, take 3
Hollywood sign
Temescal Canyon, tk5
Topanga Canyon
Temescal/Will Rogers
Temescal Canyon, tk4
Parker Mesa, take 2
Del Cerro Park
Malaga Cove
Sandstone Peak
Temescal Canyon, tk 3
Mt. Baldy, take 2
Temescal Canyon/Skull Rock
Parker Mesa Overlook
Mt. Baden-Powell
Devil's Chair
Yosemite 2007
Smith Mountain
San Gabriel Peak
Mt. Lassen
San Gorgonio
Calabasas Peak
Mt. Wilson
Temescal Canyon
San Jacinto
Strawberry Peak
Mt. Baldy
Millard Falls
Strawberry Meadow
Kings Canyon
Ojai, CA
Hiking Mt. Baldy
Mt. Baldy with 30lb+ is a lot different than the typical 15~20lb load... oooof! Didn't slow us down too badly though, 3:15 up and 1:05 down compared to the 2011 trip, which was an hour faster up (unladen!) but slightly slower down. 4,300' elevation gain and 3.8 miles up, 2.6 miles down.
Travis, Julie, Drew, and Cody beat the pants off the rest of us though, although poor Cody looked pretty wasted at the top. Beautiful conditions for the hike both up and down, and we were met by Joe and Michelle at the ski lift on the way back.
Off to Boston Cafe afterwards, where Jerry couldn't get off his shift-- so we met him there, along with Caroline, Bee, and Kenny. German pork knuckle, fried rice, fish ball noodle soup, all kinds of delicious things-- nom nom! Curry pancake, calamari, and some other stuff, plus we got hooked up with mocha jello for dessert. (thanks Jerry!)
Then, because Mike is crazy, we headed to King Tofu for some superb stinky tofu, and to Shau Mai for shaved ice. Shaved ice was very Taiwanese, so plain ice plus red bean, grass jelly, etc. Quite good, although the taro milk tea was terrible.