Mount Islip

This last Sunday David and I resumed our outdoorsiness by treking out to the San Gabriel Mountains for the first hike in a long time. I was overenthusiastic about my abilities, and picked a 5.5 mile trail. It's been a while though, and the road was closed a ways before the start of the trail, and Mt. Islip ended up rounding up to approx. 11 miles, round trip. Lets just say my body didn't take this gracefully. I also thought it'd be a good idea to put in my contacts instead of glasses, and I developed a big fat migrane half way up. At the top of the mountain, I had to take of my shoes and lay down on a rock for half an hour and try to summon the will to make it back down. It was just too much, the muscles in my legs became seriously pissed off at me, and yesterday and today I've been hobbling around the office & at home, in misery. I was so incredibly frustrated with my body, plus the fact that David was totally unphased didn't help. I'm still glad we did it, - it was an awesome hike too, so beautiful with views of the Mojave Dessert and the mountain side. But it was just too much to start back up with, so I think the next one will be a bit tamer. We did see a few really great places to camp at along the way up, and I hope we come back and do that - it was pretty secluded and goregous.