Together with a few other hikers, I headed uphill on what appeared to be a non-existing trail. While I enjoy hiking, I also like when the trail is well-maintained. The trail we took was not the main trail. It continued uphill with high grass (tick alert!) on both sides of the trail. The uphill became very steep to the point where I decided it was not worth it for me to continue, so I said my goodbyes to the group and headed back. The views were quite impressive regardless.
I felt a bit disappointed since my intention was to get to the top of the mountain. I started looking on the map if there is another way uphill and with the help of the Alltrails app I traced my way to Blue Mountain summit. The trail was also steep, but certainly more doable that the "off-beaten-track" trail we took originally.
The clouds were coming and going, and sun started to peek through - it was time to take off a layer of clothing. The trail was going in different directions, uphill through the small ditches created by streaming water from so much rain this winter, on the side of the mountain with a nice view on one side and on the truck trail that was wide and comfortable to walk on. There were a few clusters of wildflowers, but nothing like what I saw in Lake Elsinore prior weekend. It might be still too cold for some types of wildflowers, so we shall wait.
In the meantime, usual "golden" hills in California are transformed by rain to luscious green mountains. Everywhere you look, you see rich green cover, so pleasing to the eye.
As I reached the top of the mountain, I saw a large rock covered in flowers and inscribed with RIP items. I guess this was someone's memorial, maybe this person liked to come to this spot, and now his friends and family come here to remember him.
The sun was shining brightly when I got to the top, it was nice and warm, but the clouds seemed angry, so I decided not to play with fate and start my descend.
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