The highlight of a mountain climber's career is a climb up a really tall mountain, such as Mount Everest. Well, I'm no mountain climber, and don't plan on being one, so I'll never even attempt climbing that mountain! Instead, the most strenuous form of exercise I've pursued is hiking near my grandparents' house in California. This hike, the hike up Big Rock Ridge - which is approximately 5 miles (?) - is the highlight of my "career in fitness" so far =P
The Famous "Big Rock" on George Lucas (creator of StarWars) 's Property
The Hike Ahead (looks easy, but is it?)
The Start of Our Journey
Pretty Bushes
Check out that fog way out over San Francisco!
Father and Son
The Other Side of the Valley
Pretty Thistles
*Trudge*
A lone poppy, just hanging on to its life
So there IS life up there!
Can't remember what type of bird this is (Grandma?)
Lizard! Or alien spy? ;-P
A Madrone Tree offered us a little shelter from the sweltering heat
Viewing the View
Windblown Bush!
*Trudge*
The Lay of the Land
Are we at the top yet?
High Peak of the Ridge! Here we stopped to have a sit and split a peach :)
View of Mount Tamalpias
View of Mount Diablo (a load of fog out in that direction!)
View of Mount Saint Helena (no, not the explosive volcano)
What! We have that much farther to go!!!!!!!!
A nice perspective of utter evilness =.=
*Trudge*
A view of the valley
What could it mean?
Still more path ahead
Pretty Grass
Look out! It's poison oak!
Ancient Roots in the Community
Finally we reached the bottom! 5 hours later, we were completely wiped out and were dripping with sweat. And if you were carrying a backpack, like Dad, you were even more sweaty!Also we were hungry, so after we showered...
...we went out for a well deserved meal of Japanese! (yay no mayonaise, the way sushi should be :))
Tempura!
Mom's Food Boat
Desert of wedges of ice cream balls (ice cream wrapped in rice dough or something)Truly exhausting day, and any weight I may have lost was quickly regained by overstuffing on seafood =D hehe ;-P
