First things first - we head out to find the connecting Pacific Valley trail we will use tomorrow. It is always best to recon the area with a day pack rather than the monolith. The trail leads through the notch in the distance.

I stand near the stone steps that lead down the dry creek side and up the other side. The steps on Andra's side are even nicer. It is an outright disgrace that the bone breaking work of prior generations are allowed to be destroyed due to the lack of work ethics in our current generation of socialists.

We find the Pacific Valley Trail - such that it is.