Mystery trail signs

While descending from Cleghorn Ridge, I ran across "Top /\ 14A 1349", along with 14B, 3A, and 3B. I have no clue as to their ultimate meaning.

Horsethief Canyon (panorama 1)

From the ridge to the south.

Horsethief Canyon (panorama 2)

From the ridge to the south.

Horsethief Canyon (panorama 3)

From the ridge to the south.

Squirrel!

I chased him off-trail and got three opportunities for a better picture. I missed all three by about half a second as I was trying to line up the shot just right.

Happy rock

Thru-hikers love to leave little marks of their presence. I don't know who made this one.

"Little Horsethief Canyon's dry creek bed"

Hard to tell from the photo, but yes, that's the creek bed in the background, and water is generously flowing.

Horsethief Canyon, looking east

From atop the ridge to its west.

Power lines

Note the trail going underneath the frame. The lowest of its poles was a good ten feet off the ground. That may help give it the proper sense of scale.

Cliffs of Cajon Canyon

The area was full of gentle, rolling hills -- and these sheer, barren cliffs right along this one particular canyon. The power of fault lines and earthquakes, on stark display.

Trail above the cliffs

We got to hike along the ridge just above the sheer, barren cliffs. Head rush!

Sheer, barren cliffs

The fault line's upheaval was bad enough, but erosion just made them look more formidable.

Yay dead mouse!

Awwwwww, the circle of life. Isn't that poignant?

Trail sign says:

"McDonalds 0.4 miles to your right." Talk about your product placement. (Interstate 15 at El Cajon Junction is in the background. The trail goes underneath the interstate through a concrete bypass for Crowder Creek, which is completely flat and thus a dark, wet, mushy quarter-mile slog.)