Pony Express Trail from Lover's Leap hike
	Trip Date:  05/08/2014 Distance: 9.5 Miles Vertical Gain: 1100' Group Size: 2 Hike Rating:  Easy   Moderate    Hard    Strenuous	GPX for this trip
	Start Coordinates:   N 38 48.228, W 120 07.050     End Coordinates:   N 38 47.208, W 120 12.564 Car Shuttle Req'd:   Yes Parking Directions:   Take Highway 50 to the parking area at the coordinates provided which are just across the highway from Camp Sacramento.  A second car should parking just about a mile up Wrights Road (from Highway 50,) at the End Coordinates listed above. Hazards of Note:   None. Crowd Factor:   High early, then Negligible.  You will probably run into other people near Lover's Leap and Strawberry, as this is a popular rock climbing location.  After this, however, your chances of running into another party on the pony express trail is very slim. General Notes: From the parking area, cross back over Highway 50 and head up into the Camp Sacramento area.  Head to the west side of the camp, and you will see a sign indicating the start of the hike toward Lover's Leap.  Within the first mile is a junction to either continue on to Lover's Leap, or head off to the right on the Pony Express Trail.  You can verify you route with the "XP" markers along the way on the trail signs and in the trees.  When you get to Strawberry, you will have to cross back over Highway 50 again, and then pick up the Pony Express trail on the north side of the road.
	Starting at Camp Sacramento, there is a split where you can either head up toward the top of Lover's Leap, or head down along the Pony Express trail.
	My buddy Mark at an overlook early on the trail up toward Horsetail Canyon.
	These falls were close to the trail split, and are near a section of the trail that used to be a water crossing.
	Wildflowers were everywhere on the trail.
	Graffiti along the trail from probably over 150 years ago.
	Some of the crazy climbers who scale various parts of the Lover's Leap sheer granite cliffs.
	On our way up the SW side of Hogsback, not the way I would ever recommend going.  The SE has a better route to the top that we came back down.
	One of the many inforamtion signs along the first couple miles of the trail that gave some of the history of the area.
	Making our way along the spine of Hogsback toward a cache that brought us up here in the first place.
	Here we are walking along an order section of Highway 50 with the new highway visible below us to the left.
	One of the two water crossing locations today which were not passable due to pretty fast water.
	An old telegraph pole from the Pony Express days which we found a number of along the trail.
	The end of our trek, with the trailhead marker heading back up the trail..
	GPS track of the first half of the hike, including two diversions up to the top of "Lew's Folly" and then "Hogsback" to find a couple of geocaches.
	One last selfie at the top of Lew's Folly with Pyramid Peak in the back..
	GPS Track of the full hike.