We had planned on trying out our tent for the first time this weekend. Memorial Day weekend. The first weekend with nice weather, Monday off for the holiday, perfect. Weeeeeeelllll, everyone else in the cities seemed to have the same idea. We first tried William O'Brien State Park, having their Astronomy in the Park on a clear night with few bugs, it would have been perfect. All booked. We decided to try just one more park since we didn't want to waste the nice day being cooped up in the car, so finding out that Interstate was booked, we just parked the car and went for a long hike. It was not our favorite hike for a couple of reasons: too many people, and the path runs right along the freeway. Hard to feel like you're "getting away" when all the traffic noise and exhaust is mere feet away from you. Other than that, it was a really great path for all the wonderful rocks, blooming flora and trees. I loved how the trail meandered, then climbed, with little off-shoots to go explore and stunning scenery as you gained height and looked out over an incredible panorama. Here are some shots we took:
Cuteness :)
Hummingbird!
Can you spot him in this one?
Nuthatch!
Lovely panorama
I sniffed some of these and walked around with yellow pollen on my nose :)
Bees needs the charming little dandy's to feed on early in the season! (Please don't poison the earth and bees by killing off dandelions!)
Cool shot! John rocks that panorama feature :)
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