Solo hike: I had planned to join a hike lead by a volunteer on the Y's GONE program (occasional hikes), but no one was at the meeting location, so I decided to go exploring anyway. I took this at a very slow pace, more of a meander, and stopped to take pictures or just "look around" frequently. I "enjoyed" a soaking rain during run-in to Grizzly Flat; happy I had carried my rain jacket! Uncertain which way to go when I reached a trail junction (Clemans Junction?) at mile 3.2: I figured the trail to the left was the original hike plan, but at 9 miles 1-way that was not terribly attractive to me, so I investigated the other two. Heading straight looked like it would lead to the shortest route to the CA-2, but the map looks like it takes what is called Plantation Rd, which makes a loop and the only mapped trail I see off of that may be obscure and difficult to find without a map, i.e., the Old Dark Canyon Trail. The 4.5 mi hike alternate of the Y's original hike plan is a branch off the trail to the left from the junction where I had found myself. I backtracked and started up the trail to the right, and met a nice, older (my age?) couple with their retriever (another David, et al) coming down, and they told me it headed up to Mt Lukens, so I continued on. I encountered another hiker descending that trail (Dan), and he advised that I would reach a "T" at the Mt Lukens Truck Trail and I should turn right to get to the top. It was totally fogged-in by the time I got there so I could not tell where I was in relation to the summit versus the top of the Earl Canyon trail, so I continued with my plan to get to Haines Canyon at try and get a ride back to my car from Craig, who indeed helped (and fed! me). I'd say I would have been happy to have finished in 10-12 miles as I was pretty much "done" by mile 12 when my right big toe started barking about slamming into the end of my boot as I descended. Fortunately, Craig was willing to pick me up at the top of Haines Canyon and gave me a ride back to my car (thank you, Craig!). If I keep up this hiking, I need a pair of boots that fit properly, and probably a high-quality pair of poles! Happily, everything feels A-OK the following day. :-) References for Grizzly Flat hiking: http://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/california/grizzley-flats https://nobodyhikesinla.com/2014/02/12/grizzly-flats-trail/ http://silenthiker.com/fire-road-2n79-angeles-crest-highway/#comment-991