Julian to Idyllwild
Six desert days past Eagle Rock and mile 100, ending at the best food stop in Southern California.
Day seven I hit mile 100. “Triple digits club!” is what I posted, standing at the 100 laid out in rocks with my poles in the air, right around Eagle Rock. One hundred down. Twenty-six hundred to go. The math was not something I looked at directly.
Every quoted line is from 2021, verbatim.
The push to Paradise Valley Cafe took two more long days past water tanks and a cache some trail angel keeps stacked by the Riverside County Line sign. Other hikers’ comments in the app that week read like a parallel radio channel. You walk on those reports all day.
Day ten I hitched into Idyllwild, and Idyllwild delivered.
The food, both ends
Pie in Julian, Paradise Valley Cafe at mile 152, and a full vegan deli counter at Greenhaus in Idyllwild.
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