inglorious wanderer

Moises' hiking stick is the wooden Japanese hiking stick I bought at Daiso Japanese store at Mira Mesa. Behrouz who I was hiking up for the first time was quite fascinated with the stick that I told him it felt like a cane. "Ah, just like the cane of Moises!" I didn't read the whole posting so I was not expecting much of an elevation gain. I was puffing and huffing like Moises and Hema and Behrouz who was sweeping the hike for stragglers noticed my difficulty. I dreaded to see myself panting like a dog on a photo posted on hike meet up page. I managed to be ahead  fellow stragglers behind Behrouz and Hema and took pictures of the glorious holy shit smiling in the background like he'd just been laid for the first time.  The photo was taken Engineers Road while the group was waiting for Hema to find the trail that will take us to Highway 79 into the Lake Cuyamaca Cafe where we would eat our lunch. I was dreaming of a fish burrito with cilantro salsa.  We tried to im...

Tim Alls asked me if I am doing the last 0.6 miles of the hike to the second highest point of the whole San Diego County. The four of us: Denise, Ernest, Tim and myself were eating our lunch by the bench overlooking Palomar Mountain and most of Anza Borrego Wilderness.  I  told Tim I would even if I have to crawl to the top.  It was my second attempt to get to the the peak . The first time, I busted Kelly's hike because of my indecision to turn around when I could. I was a party popper. Because of the incident, I avoided Kelly's hikes and avoided Marikit's organized hikes. I felt like a weakling every time Marikit asks me how I am doing or if I was okay. I am always reminded how Kay at a hike to Mount Laguna told Bill Bunker that he was not her baby sitter. Kay now is into the hardcore level who keeps who has been putting more and more miles and elevation gain in her hiking portfolio.  Getting to the county's second highest point was more of a personal triumph. It mu...