Cuyamaca peak

Butterflies, wildflowers, green meadows, rippling creek, pine trees,  bright sun, light breeze, blue sky, eagles, magnificent views, Fabulous Forth of July hike.  Started at about

Azaleas blooming along the trail path! Overgrown patches, but so many lively green trees. Beautiful summit!

The weather was beautiful and the sun was shining down for sure, with few trees providing shade breaks!  A slow slog to the top but

Holy Moly was it hot!! Had to enjoy the shade breaks on the way up as there was no real breeze or relief. But we

Overall very pleasant hike which took a little under 2 hours via the Lookout Fire Road for both the uphill/downhill. The bugs were tolerable with

Still out of hiking shape, so this was more difficult than last time I did it. The bugs sucked, but what can you do…