Camille gleefully shows Raoul where we are on the map
See, that's Cottonwood Creek down there
Sunscreen is good!
We are really high up!
Camille Armstrong and Gail Ludwig can't wait to start hiking
Here we go, into the oaks
“I'm going to tell Congressman Issa in my letter that I love it here!”
“I know exactly where we are on this map!”
A popular lunch rock, with metates left by previous residents
Happiness is good friends having lunch on a rock
Hi!
Lush vegetation here in Cutca Valley
A butterfly caught in flight
Thinking that's Agua Tibia Mountain there
Only smiles here
REALLY HAPPY!!
“Really?”
Our turn-around point, checking the map. Red shank all around us.
Cutca Valley with Crosley Saddle and the 1974 Agua Tibia WIlderness -- complete with a fuel break created by bulldozers in federal wilderness during the Pechanga Fire -- LEGAL under the Wilderness Act!
The walk back home is always shorter
The last big push up the hill to High Point Truck Trail from Cottonwood Creek. HOT HOT HOT
”Are we there yet?“
Later that day, up the road a bit, Camille takes in a panorama view of Cutca Valley
Douglas firs stand tall high up on Palomar Mtn, overlooking the existing Agua Tibia Wilderness (1974) in the background, and the proposed Agua Tibia Wilderness Additions in the valley below (2009 we hope!!!)
