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Palm Trees with My Main Squeeze

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Not too long ago I had to teach myself how to walk again after spending a month in a hospital bed. It’s been a long road to recovery and I still am unable to walk properly but I get stronger every day. So when I “hiked” down and up this small canyon I was elated.

Caroline (one of my bffs from childhood) and I rocked up to the Palm Canyon in cute outfits and the ranger in the parking lot asked if we had water and how far we were planning on hiking and I said just to the bottom of the hill for photos in the palm trees (duh) and he said “yea I figured” and glanced over at Caroline’s dress. We obviously were not dressed in hiking gear but we did not need your sass, sir.

Ranger cheekiness aside, this place was EPIC. We went first thing in the morning to beat the heat and the crowds. It was $9 a person to enter Indian Canyons but there are different canyons with several hiking/horseback riding trails and waterfalls. Palm Canyon is at the base of one of the trails so people who walk like wobbly toddlers (me) don’t have to hike much to get amazeballs pics like this:

Girls Weekend in Idyllwild

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It was one of my girlfriends birthday’s and we wanted to get away for a few days so 8 girls piled into cars and drove a windy road up to Idyllwild, a little mountain town about 2 hours from San Diego and LA.

Our first stop was The Town Baker, an adorable café with a delicious breakfast burrito. I heard they have amazing pastries too. It was nice to sit out back in the sun while I waited for my carsickness to subside.

Our main activity for the trip was hiking to Suicide Rock. About 10 minutes in to the 7 mile hike I had a small kine panic attack. I think it was a combination of the carsickness, the altitude, the fact that I’m super out of shape and the cookie my friend fed me, but however I ended up feeling that way, it was horrible. But I wanted to keep going. It was a STRUGGLE. I felt horrible slowing everyone down. It was a rough climb, but we played fun games and swapped funny stories and slowly made it to the top.

It felt so good to reach the top. We popped a bottle of champagne to celebrate my friend’s birthday and took in the breathtaking views. And then ran down the mountain.

We all felt kind of dead afterwards but we checked into our Airbnb, ate a ton of chips and did hydrating face masks. We went to dinner at Ferro, an Italian restaurant in town. I didn’t take any photos because we were starving and enjoying our time together.

We ate breakfast at The Red Kettle in town the next morning and then walked around town. We wanted to meet Mayor Max, who is a golden retriever but he wasn’t going to be in town til the afternoon.  The town is so cute and I’d love to go back, when it’s not so cold and I’ll take some Dramamine for the ride up.