Tristyn and I got up early today. May 28th 2016, and made the long trek down 101, across Silicon Valley on the 237 and up into the hills to Ed Levin County park. You can see the hills in the distance as you travel 237.
This is one of my favorite places - I used to go here a lot by myself. Its the "Back Door" to Mission Peak - much less crowded and quiet. It was Tristyns first time here!
We started at the Tularctos Trailhead.
Its getting later in the Spring, but some wild flowers were still out
Tristyn started off on his own, walking with me and throwing rocks.
The path is fairly steep to begin with. You can see how it "Rolls". It didn't take long before he got into the backpack.
The path cuts through grazing fields for cattle. Tristyn loves the "Moo Cows". He points at cow dung and yells "Horsies" or "Cows".
Even the wildflowers have a shitty life. Or, there is beauty everywhere :)
We stopped after a couple miles for a drink. I had a half frozen coconut juice. Nothing better in the hot sun (it was in the 80's).
We took a couple pictures overlooking the Bay.
Tristyn slipped just as we took this picture
We continued on our way over the dry, cracked, ground. This was supposed to be an "El Nino" year, but its still pretty dry
We stopped after 3 miles in an oak grove (there isn't much shade on this path). It was still about 3 miles to Mission Peak. I wanted to go, but it was too hot for Tristyn.
Tristyn got out and walked with me for awhile.
There is a hang glider launch site near the trail. Tristyn was blown away by them flowing through the air. He talked about "Hang glider" for days.
We got back to the trailhead and stopped at the playground. The static electricty on the slide made for some interesting hair!
And we made one final stop at 7/11 for our usual post hike re-hydration (Tristyn got the chocolate milk)
Our final stats:
5 1/2 miles over 2.5 hours with 1000 feet of elevation gain/loss
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