Day 3 - Camarillo, CA 5/15

I left Palm Springs this morning at 9:00, and it was already 87 degrees.  Climbed out of the desert valley on this wonderful twisty road that rose for 50 miles until I was in Idylwild at about 5,000 feet.  You gained elevation so quickly that your ears popped every couple of minutes;  the road is called the Pines to Palms Highway.  I had breakfast on the patio of the first restaurant I came to in Idylwild at 10:00 in the beautiful 70 degree weather.

Continued on up over the mountains before dropping 4,000 feet down back into the vally on the other side.

Twisty mountain road

Eucalyptus fragrance wafts

Watch out for the curves.