When Erich and I arrived at the La Cañada Carpool Point, David Eisenberg was
right ahead of us. He greeted us with a, "I'd like to bail out, I feel sick."
Darrell Lee was standing there and said that he was a provisional "I" so we sent
David to the doctor and Darrell did a fine job of sweeping.
Everybody arrived at Red Box and signed in. There were nine. The road out to
Barley Flats is in need of brushcutting. It's barely a person wide in places.
After a short stay at Barley Flats (flies), we continued up the firebreak from
Barley Flats to Mt Lawlor. Another short stay, more flies. We then descended the
firebreak to the Lawlor/Strawberry saddle and ascended to Strawberry for a short
lunch. Flies. On the way down Strawberry, a nice breeze came up and relieved the
fly situation. The only person prepared was Barbara Eyerly who had a fly netting
hat. (I want one!!) She loaned it to Dorothy Pallas who got a bite that swelled
up.
Thanks to Darrell's sweeping and to the fine group, we had a nice hike on a very
flowery day.
