7-18-15

All of us together, sans our coaches Keira and Sarah. 

We were supposed to start at 7, but the Rangers needed a permit with today's date (new summer weekend rules?) 

So our coaches had to go to the station to wait and get one, which didn't open until 8.  :(

While we waited, we watched the weather turn...we could hear thunder and lightning in the distance. 

So it didn't appear likely that we would be able to summit Mt San Jacinto today. We were going to just see how far we could safely go...

It's starting to come down hard! 

Half of the ladies opted to descend immediately and ran with Sarah through the Ernie Maxwell trail.  

A few of us forged on ahead to see how far we could get (it was supposed to be 8mi to the summit) 

Heather, Keira, me and Dawn 

Keira and me!

Almost to Saddle Junction, which was going to be where we had to turn around.  We were advised by the Rangers to not go beyond this point because of the weather. 

Heather and me!