January 7th – January 13th
2013
J. worked her three last night shifts.
On Sunday, she started her three day shifts before going home to
Michigan for a week. Above I will describe our trip to Monterey. It
was really amazing trip, we had great weather (what we came to
California for) and really enjoyed it.
One trip/walk I did when J. was
sleeping during the day, was Purisima Open Space Preserve. About 14
miles away (in the hills on west side) was this big space. I parked
there in the morning, met one guy who was just leaving and walked
down. It was incredible area, I saw ocean and later got “lost” in
the forest. Even it was sunny, it got really dark.
It was about 3.5 miles to the bottom
parking lot. I was not looking forward to the way back (it was long
decline). I was hoping for some short cut, but I was walking along
the steep gulches. There was no way to cut through. I just had to
walk. It was really nice, when I started to see ocean again.
I planned for about 7 miles of walking,
at the end, I walked 9.7 miles. I was tired, but it was well worth
it. I am still amazed about the nature sites so close to
overpopulated bay area. Who knew?
