Day 59 Monday March 11

Carla and S go under boulders

Creek goes under the boulders

     Country Inn and Suites, did I mention the suite? Free breakfast so went whole hog; not S. Google directions to i5 and on to Coalinga for grocery and to slide onto 198 to Pinnacles National Park  on a twisting mountain road like Kern Canyon but Kern was Mordor and this soon became the Shire. Emerald hills and valleys with yellow highlights. Pinnacle had a Shangri la feel and we settled in for a two day stay. Hiked the Bear Gulch trail after a bike to the trailhead from camp. Young woman from San Luis Obispo asked it she could hike with us. The three of we went down under the boulders with the falls and creek and we were transported by the strangeness. Came back into the light and hit the Rim trail back with condors overhead. S and I decided this would be a good place to call an end to the journey and head home directly, but it is a thousand miles so who can say about good or bad just yet.