A few weeks ago, John and I pleased our inner trail bunnies by hiking the El Corte de Madera Creek Preserve trail in the South Bay. We had a VERY long San Francisco wet winter (yay we are FINALLY out of the drought!) so it felt amazing to have gorgeous weather and be outside in nature. With how busy things were for us in February on top of my crazy work schedule, we decided to hike this spot and relax right before I made my way to Vegas.

The trail was a 6.2 mile loop in the very removed forest. For a long time we were the only people and I wondered if some creepo would pop out of the woods to abduct us into their underground lair, but I’m a weirdo who has seen too many creepy things… #dontabductme

I never hiked much in Texas because of the damn heat and the fact that I sweat profusely. But ever since I’ve moved to California, hiking has really become one of my favorite things to do on the weekend. It’s just so gorgeous along the coast! I can’t get over it and am always telling myself how lucky I am to live here.

This tree was pushed over, at the roots, due to a crazy storm we had the weekend before! WHAT THE HELL KIND OF STORM DOES THIS TO A REDWOOD?!

Apparently a plane crashed in the middle of this forest way back in the 50’s, so there is a memorial at the top of the view point. I was hoping to see any sort of debris but it just didn’t exist anymore. I would totally come back and hike this trail again, as it was a nice remote spot and there was THEE CUTEST little mountain tavern a couple miles down the road. We had a celebratory drink there after we ended our journey.

GET OUTSIDE PEOPLE AND ENJOY NATURE!

The End.