Hiking Big Basin

I woke up at 5:30am (“Pacific People” Time) Monday morning… After the week I had, which consisted of a flight to Greensboro, a dinner in Greensboro, a drive to Raleigh, a flight to Baltimore, a conference in Baltimore, a flight to Raleigh, a meeting in Raleigh, a drive to Greensboro, a meeting in Greensboro, a drive to Charleston, a conference in Charleston, a drive to Wilmington, a wedding in Wilmington, a drive to Greensboro and finally a flight back to San Fran, one would think hibernation would have been in order. However, as the sun started to rise on the west coast, I woke bright eyed and ready to play.

Mike and I spent the afternoon in Big Basin State Park (originally known at the California Redwood Forest). We hiked just over 10 miles through groves of giant redwoods, through an odd rock-desert that reminded me of a scene in Lord of the Rings (a reference Mike loved to hear me make) and down 3 beautiful waterfalls. It was a serene and picturesque ending to an exhausting week.







P.S. The picture of our feet is meant to show off the new hiking boots we bought with the REI Gift Cards so many of you gave us for our wedding. The random picture of the bottom of the tree was taken because I thought the hole looked like an "M" - which of course is for Mike.