Sarah and I started hiking on Saturday mornings. There is a great website at www.localhikes.com that we've been searching for long mountain terrain hikes. These are pictures from our first hike at Hondo Canyon. It was just over 8 miles and took us about 4 hours to complete. It was a straight incline up a canyon, approximately 1,500 ft above sea level. As we were hiking up, we were walking through clouds (check out a few of those photos). At the top of the canyon, there was very poor visibility because of the clouds. It was also a lot cooler, thank goodness we brought our sweatshirts in our backpacks.
Today, we went on a 6 mile hike through Topanga Canyon State Park. I got Sarah an early birthday gift: a trekking pole for hiking. After our first hike we learned that we need hiking sticks for when we are coming downhill so we don't overstretch our muscles. We used them today and they helped so much. We'll be keeping track of our hikes and we'll be sure to upload more of these beautiful photos of the surrounding area!
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