PCT: Big Bear to Lk Arrowhead will complete the San Bernardinos

I'm heading back to the trail for now...

 

...after a few days "off"... Hope to "complete" the San Bernardino Mts this week - specifically the segment between Big Bear City to Lake Arrowhead, which I skipped last week because I decided to do the low-elevation (3000-4000ft range) section from Lk Arrowhead to Cajon Pass while the weather forecasted a cooler few days to do it in.  Luckily, I'll apparently have another few cooler days again to complete the section I skipped, though this segment is at about 6000ft, so less of an issue.  

Still not sure whether I'll be heading back to the Bay Area before I start the next (last for me) section - the San Gabriel Mts. (Actually I'd prefer NOT to go back - since I was planning to be back early July before heading out to the Ruby's...  Just not sure yet - will probably make a last-minute decision based on weather, etc.)

 

Last few days:

Overnighted Monday night at Best Western while processing picts, spent Tuesday in CSUSB campus Library also processing picts & some shopping (bought yet another USB disk drive... plus food etc...) in same part of town (San Bernardino.)

At the moment I'm at McDonald's at Lk Arrowhead because I had no internet connection at CSUSB library (complicated story...) emailing this etc and trying to  "verify" how my track logs matched up with my picts.  Seem to be generally correct - eventually will upload geotagged picts...

Still need to prep for my hike within the hr and check bus schedule betw here & Big Bear City where I'll be leaving the car & starting my hike - unless I do it in reverse - as you can tell - still working out the detailed logistics. 

 

Roughly, planning to leave car with Trail Angel "Papa Smurf" in Big Bear City, either get a ride to trailhead there & hike to Cedar Glenn/Lk Arrowhead, take bus back to Big bear City (maybe first leave my backpack at Cedar Glenn PO again.) Retrieve my car, retrieve my backpack.  Or visa versa, leave backpack at Cedar Glen, car at Papa Smurf's, take bus back to Cedar Glen, hike in reverse back to car...

So I've been doing a lot of "processing picts" inbetween hikes but still not uploaded much - still just the San Jacinto peak segment which happened to be during an interesting "ice-storm".