Get Outside and Explore
I recently visited the 2,352 acre Black Mountain Open Space Preserve, one of the gems of San Diego County. I decided I would hike the Black Mountain via Miner’s Ridge trail. It earned its name, since the mountain has a history as an old mining area. I could not help but feel somewhat nostalgic, walking… Continue reading Hiking Black Mountain in San Diego
Posted 8-30-23 I love to hike in the hills above Dana Point. Harbor View is a trail located just off Calle Las Ramblas in Dana Point, where you can get a great workout on packed dirt trails, while being surrounded with beautiful natural landscapes, and stunning ocean views. Scenery Dana Point is a town centered… Continue reading Hiking Up Harbor View
The Talbert Nature Preserve has over 3 miles of trails, and sits on the outskirts of Costa Mesa, beginning in Fairview Park, and continuing alongside the Santa Ana River Trail. I love open space, and getting outside into nature to quiet places where the birds sing to hike a few miles every day. Sometimes I explore new trails I have never been, such as this one.
Today I was hiking the San Clemente Beach Trail, a scenic beach hike I have undertaken literally hundreds of times since moving to the area years ago. I have always loved walking at the beach.
I had only been to the state capitol once. This is not something I was proud of. With all the important protests in recent years, I had been to not a single one. Well I was there in spirit at least.I had only been to a conference at a hotel here once, and it was not even downtown. Enough said, it was time to see old town Sacramento. I had been intrigued by this place for a long time, after learning about it in history books, and in documentaries on the old west. The Transcontinental Railway begins there, and there are so many things that have happened here over the years.
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