PCT Day 6: Zero Day in Julian

Daily Miles: 0, total Miles: 77.6

After a good night’s sleep in a bed too soft, we headed to Anza-Borrego Desert to be tourists. The objective was to see the welded steel free-standing sculptures by artist/welder Ricardo Breceda. Prehistoric animals that used to roam this area and some that probably never did, but still cool and scary.

Some of these mammoths, camels, sloths, wild horses and dinosaurs were life-sized. The scorpion, grasshopper and serpent were much larger than life, all in a natural desert setting. Very impressive!

After a giant chicken burrito in Borrego Springs, we headed back to Julian for a wine tasting stop. Then on to Mom’s that offers a free slice of pie to PCT hikers. Not only a great slice of apple/cherry pie w/whipped cream, but really nice people running this place.

By the time we got back to our B&B, we were virtually in a cloud and 30 degrees cooler than the desert floor.