ed lopez

Went on a great hike with a group of friends yesterday at Big Santa Anita Canyon. We got there at around 11:30am and didn't get back until 5:30pm. The scenery was beautiful. Most of the hike was in the shade, so we didn't feel the heat while hiking in the middle of the day. The Sturtevant Falls (about 50ft high; pic above) is about 1.5 miles into the hike. Most the group took a dip in the cold pool below.

The highlight of the trip was when we tried to get by a swarm of bees on our trail on our way back from Mt. Zion. Mytch went first and said everything was cool. Then I went. Everything not cool. I had bees swarming in my hair and in my ear. While this is going on, Mytch realizes he has a few friends hanging out in his hair. So I run down the trail yelling at Mytch that the bees are on me. As I am coming towards Mytch, he starts doing the bees are me dance. I fall to the ground, thinking they are off me. I was wrong. I continue to run at Mytch, yelling that the bees are still on me. Mytch now begins to run away from me since I am running at him with my bee friends in tow. I stop where he was standing. I check my hair and my surroundings. No bees. The rest of the gang gets through without incident.

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