Sunday the 13th we decided to drive up to Idyllwild to do some hiking in the San Jacinto Mt area. The drive up was in the clouds, you could hardly see around you. It was cool driving through the clouds. We got just outside Idyllwild and the the sun popped out and we were then above the clouds looking down on them. I really would have liked to take some pictures of it put there were no pull outs to stop at. We arrive at Humber Park (6800 ft) about 9am and got ready to hike. It was chilly up there so we both wore jackets. It took us about 1.5 hours to reach the Saddle (8200 ft) where other trails take off. Unfortunately there was a big fire through the area last summer so some of the trails are now closed due to the burn area. We have a snack and start hiking up the trail to the top of San Jacinto which is 10,804. I don't make it very far before the altitude gets to me an I have a bad headache so we turned around and started back down. Stopped at the saddle again and had lunch. Going down hill is so much easier than going up.
Once back at the car we drive into Idyllwild to eat again. We had a nice lunch/dinner at Joann's cafe. Always good food here. After we eat I am still feeling bad so we go back to Hemet.
Idyllwild is on of our favorite places to go, there is a nice campgroud at the edge of town so you can walk to town for dinner and there is a great little wine bar that we like to go to.
This is a beautiful area and if you ever get the chance to come to Idyllwild I promise you will love it too. There are a lot of great hiking trails in this area and just a beautiful place to sit and relax. It is one of our favorite places to go in Cal.
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