"No, sir, that Minotaur isn't going to get out of this!"
So said the person who designed the western trail to Mt. Sally, but I'm getting ahead of myself.
I had intended to hike three HPS peaks that aren't far from the Angeles Crest Highway: Barley Flats, Mt. Sally, and Mt. Mooney. I only got the first two.
No, not that Grand Canyon. The one around here.
What few know is there's a Grand Canyon in the mountains north of Pasadena, California. That's because there's no trail there and you need to occasionally slide on your rear due to steep dirt slopes. I also made it extra interesting by, despite pangs of thalassophobia, going through a bit of a pool.
I failed to bike Mount McKinley, failed a hike to the Pinnacle, but I did see the Aqueduct Cascades.
So, the plan for this day was three events: I'd bike Mount McKinley via Gold Creek (link), then I'd go see bison in Santa Clarita, then I'd cap it off by seeing the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Obviously, it didn't work out that way.