As one of my many new year’s resolutions, I decided that I needed to spend more time outside – at least one day a month I needed to get outside and do something active. The last weekend in February, I had the chance to do just that!
I found a great resource for different hikes: http://www.openspace.org/. I found a couple that I thought looked interesting, and then asked a good friend of mine if she was interested in going with me. We luckily were able to find a weekend that was good for both of us and got excited about going on the Russian Ridge Hike.
We met for brunch before our hike at St. Michael’s Abbey in Palo Alto. It was a perfect light breakfast before our hike, plus we got to catch up a little bit. Then we drove up the super windy roads to get to the meeting spot. And unfortunately we got a bit lost – taking one turn too soon and going down into the valley instead of continuing on the ridge. Eventually we hit a dead-end and met a man with a chicken who told us that we need to back track and go about a mile further on the road we were previously on.
By the time that we got to the meeting place, the group had already left, so we decided to set out on our own and walk some of the trails. The first trail that we took was really short and hit a fence at the end, but we did see this really cool windmill and a beautiful view.
We headed back toward the meeting spot and decided to take another trail. We took trail after trail after trail, just walking on the ridge, walking through the “forest” and climbing up the hills. We talked and laughed, and sometimes just enjoyed the quiet.
At the end of nearly 3 hours, we decided to call it quits and head home. We got some sun, some exercise, and a chance to catch-up in a very informal relaxed way. Plus we saw this cute little ladybug!
Hiking takes gumption!
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