#222778 - 05/03/11 03:41 AM
Re: Crystal Lake - Mt Islip - Big Cienega Loop Hike
[Re: Hikin_Jim]
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Geezer
Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
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Thanks for the memories! I used to live in Azusa. Haven't been back in 31 years. Sorry to see all the fire destruction.
Mt. Baldy Lesson: Don't get your pants wet and then pull them down in front of the motel wall heater if you're standing too close.
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Sue
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#222782 - 05/03/11 04:18 AM
Re: Crystal Lake - Mt Islip - Big Cienega Loop Hike
[Re: Hikin_Jim]
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Old Hand
Registered: 02/11/10
Posts: 778
Loc: Los Angeles, CA
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Hey Jim,Many Thanx for the "Escape"!I was on the roof of a bldg in Marina del Rey today,looking at the snow on Baldy,wondering how much longer it will last,being 90 degrees in the basin today,& the santa ana's blowing.Your Photo-Zen is right on the mark,Thanx Again!
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#222798 - 05/03/11 12:14 PM
Re: Crystal Lake - Mt Islip - Big Cienega Loop Hike
[Re: Susan]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 04/09/02
Posts: 1920
Loc: Frederick, Maryland
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Sue, Sorry to laugh at your expense, but that brought back some old memories from when I was dating my future wife. I grew up in a very small house that had the heating grate in the hallway floor. Whenever it was on, you knew (even the dogs knew) to step around the grate. Back in the day, I brought my then fiancé to meet my parents. I forgot to tell her to avoid the grate when hot. She got up in the middle of the night to hit the bathroom, when suddenly she let out this huge scream and found her hopping around. She burned the bottom of her feet with the crisscross pattern of the grate branded into the bottom of her feet. She still married me (her mistake) and carried that crisscross brand on the bottom of her feet for many years. On a side note, the photos are beautiful, making me wish I could someday visit the area. Pete
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#222841 - 05/03/11 09:58 PM
Re: Crystal Lake - Mt Islip - Big Cienega Loop Hike
[Re: buckeye]
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Sheriff
Pooh-Bah
Registered: 10/12/07
Posts: 1804
Loc: Southern California
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Now that looks like it was a good day.
buckeye Definitely a good day. Really nice, beautiful blue skies for our hike while everyone down below had a gray, gloomy day. And I got to play with stoves. HJ
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#222842 - 05/03/11 10:00 PM
Re: Crystal Lake - Mt Islip - Big Cienega Loop Hike
[Re: Richlacal]
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Sheriff
Pooh-Bah
Registered: 10/12/07
Posts: 1804
Loc: Southern California
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Hey Jim,Many Thanx for the "Escape"!I was on the roof of a bldg in Marina del Rey today,looking at the snow on Baldy,wondering how much longer it will last,being 90 degrees in the basin today,& the santa ana's blowing.Your Photo-Zen is right on the mark,Thanx Again! The snow on the north side of Baldy is holding out well. Any south facing slopes are pretty bare. Two weeks prior, there was snow all over the place, down three thousand feet lower. HJ
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#222843 - 05/03/11 10:03 PM
Re: Crystal Lake - Mt Islip - Big Cienega Loop Hike
[Re: Susan]
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Sheriff
Pooh-Bah
Registered: 10/12/07
Posts: 1804
Loc: Southern California
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Thanks for the memories! I used to live in Azusa. Haven't been back in 31 years. Sorry to see all the fire Yeah, the destruction from the fire is pretty dispiriting. Still, there's a sere beauty. And, frankly, the views are better without the forest (of course I'd take the forest back in a heart beat). Fortunately, they didn't let the very scenic area around the lake itself burn over and there are some very nice sections of forest down by the creek and such that the fire didn't get. HJ
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#222874 - 05/04/11 10:53 AM
Re: Crystal Lake - Mt Islip - Big Cienega Loop Hike
[Re: Hikin_Jim]
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Addict
Registered: 11/24/05
Posts: 478
Loc: Orange Beach, AL
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Thanks for the photos and trip report Jim!
I have a solid half day drive to any substantial mountains and I'm WAY overdue for a solid backpacking trip. There's never a shortage of places to go but I have to have two days just to travel to and from. It's great that you're so close to so many great destinations.
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"There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand to his brother." -Theodore Roosevelt
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#222889 - 05/04/11 04:24 PM
Re: Crystal Lake - Mt Islip - Big Cienega Loop Hike
[Re: 7point82]
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Sheriff
Pooh-Bah
Registered: 10/12/07
Posts: 1804
Loc: Southern California
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Thanks for the photos and trip report Jim! You're welcome. I have a solid half day drive to any substantial mountains and I'm WAY overdue for a solid backpacking trip. There's never a shortage of places to go but I have to have two days just to travel to and from. It's great that you're so close to so many great destinations. Yeah, I'm pretty spoiled. There are tons of good mountain hikes within a one hour radius, and hundreds (if not thousands) in a three hour radius. I've lived here for the great majority of my life and haven't even begun to scratch the surface. HJ
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