On Saturday was our biggest hike yet. Mark and I have really taken up the hobby of hiking; our goal is to hike 12 mountains this year, and so far we have conquered four. Here are some pictures from our previous three hikes..
Mt. Woodson, 2881 ft.
Cowles Mountain, 1594 ft.
Iron Mountain, 2696 ft.
I enjoy hiking because it is great exercise and brings a sort of accomplishment. I also like the fact that it humbles me. It's crazy just to look out and think God created all this, and it's huge. It makes me and all my problems seem so small. The hike we completed on Saturday was called Mt. Santiago. It's located in Orange County which is north of where we live. This hike was 15 miles total with a 4,000+ ft elevation gain. We took our sweet babies with us, and surprisingly they both did well. We were not concerned a bit about Maxwell, but I had doubts about Jude. He persevered just as we did which made me so proud of him. Once we got closer to the top, we had to go through snow. This was exciting to us though because our dogs have never seen snow. They didn't seem to mind it...actually, Jude plopped right down on it. He also enjoyed eating it (the dog eats everything). It took us about 4.5 hours to reach the summit; this time included several breaks. Once we reached the top, we were able to see LA way off in a distance. I was pretty excited about that. We took a few snapshots while up at the top, ate a snack, and then headed down. On the way up, there is an optional path that leads you directly to a waterfall. We opted to see it on our way down to ensure that we had plenty of time to reach the top and get down before it became dark. We were running behind schedule a bit which meant that we had to keep a brisk pace going down. Thankfully we made it in time to see the waterfall and get back to our car with enough light from sunset. I knew I was hurting on this trip, but it really hit me when we got home and later that evening. I'm not joking when I say that it took all I had to roll over in bed.
Here are some pictures from Mt. Santiago, 5689 ft,
For the hike Mark did packed some food for us. We both knew we were going to need to fuel throughout the day to have enough energy. I wish I had remembered to take a picture of our food bags, but I didn't. Our bags each included two cliff bars, two bags of trail mix, two string-cheese, a bag of fresh mango, a bag of grapes, a bag of carrots, and a a bag of turkey jerky. This seems like a lot of food, but we managed to eat most of it. I didn't eat some of mine.
On Sunday, we went to church, then grabbed a sandwich at Jersey Mikes before heading to Mission Bay in San Diego where we were to meet up with Todd and Amy Neibel. They were in the area with Todd's company (FS), and they invited us to go on a whale watching tour with them. It was great to see some familiar faces. After the tour, they took us out to dinner at one of our favorites: Hash House A Go Go. This place has southern-style food with a twist, and the portions are HUGE. It was nice to catch up with them and visit for the amount of time we had.
On Monday, Mark had the day off. I spent the day menu-planning, grocery shopping, and cleaning. Mark and I also watched the movie Into the Wild which was actually based on a true-story. It was slow but good. For dinner, we had my leftovers from Hash-House...yes, I actually had enough leftovers for Mark and I to each have a meal for dinner.
I hope everyone had a great weekend.
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