Hiking

I regularly go on a 5 mile "hike" near our home which we lovingly refer to as "the mills hike" because it is at the top of Mills ave. But to break up the monotony of that my friends and I have taken a couple trips to close by hikes.

Eaton Canyon hike: This is in Alta Dena and was about 8 miles. We heard there was a waterfall so we set off to find it. We went right instead of left and ended up on the top of the mountain. So of course we had to get back down so that was about 6 miles out of our way. however it was beautiful. The view was awesome and it was a pretty intense climb which always makes you feel good. So finally we found the waterfall after having to go back and forth across a pretty large stream. The waterfall was so pretty and so worth the long walk.

Deep Creek Hot Springs:

My friend said she heard about these natural hot springs near Hesperia that she wanted to go to. They are non sulfur pools so they dont smell. its about an hour drive to get there and then a 2 mile hike to the pools. We had heard that sometimes people would go naked there but figured that we would be safe on a wednesday morning. We were WRONG. I've never seen so many "members" in my life and hope to never have that experience again. It was so incredibly gross. When we first got there we had to cross a large river of snow melt to get to the cascading hot springs. you hold onto a rope and make your way across. Well right when we get there we are greeted by an extremely friendly and oh so naked older man who followed us and explained the names and temperatures of all the pools. We made it to the top pool where luckliy everyone had clothes on and they showed us a secluded little pool right on the edge of the stream that was a mix of river and spring water so it was not super hot. WE made our way to that pool away from the nakedness to lounge in the sun in peace. However our naked friend deciced to come on down with a shovel and try to dig our pool deeper while still naked. We told him no thanks please leave so he did. we wanted to lay down so we swam a short distance to some flat rocks and laid out. The water was so cold and we were screaming and shouting and being silly girls and a bunch of naked guys came running to watch. So awkward! then the old guy starts digging away at our pool making it all muddy and flapping his business around. So Josh asked him to go and we went back, got our things and headed home! unfortunately we were behind 2 naked gay guys who did the entire 2 mile hike, uphill, bare naked except for their shoes and their back packs. Can you say Chaffing? So we had to keep stopping to let them get ahead so we wouldn't have to stare at their butts. It was a beautiful area and the pools were so nice but I don't think we will be doing that again.