A Hiking Adventure

My best friends and I all used to live within a 3 mile radius of each other. Things have changed since then, and while the 3 of us remain, 1 had to move away. We try to see each other when we get the chance, but it's not often. The three of us that still live close to each other, rarely see each other too.

Luckily, I had the chance to spend some time with Jane the other day. We wanted to do something that didn't require a lot of money. Out of all of us, I would say Jane is the most outdoorsy (which isn't really that outdoorsy at all LOL). So, of course, she suggested hiking. My response was, "but there's sun..." Can you tell I don't like the sun? After much persuasion, I gave in and we made our way to Sycamore Canyon Park (a park we found on Yelp). Yelp gave it 5 stars saying that it had a lake. Jane was really excited for the lake...which we found driving into the park. It was the lamest lake I had ever seen.

We went up the trail, which lead us to manmade stairs and more manmade stairs

and graffiti, which lead us to another "lake" that Jane got really excited about. I thought it smelled funny and sure enough that lake was leakage from the sewage plant in the park. YUCK!!! So much for nature right?

But we continued up for hopes that the trail would get better...

We found cars instead. But nevertheless we took victory shots at the top :)

Can you tell how differently we dressed?

Me in long sleeves and long pants and Jane in a tee and shorts. I really don't like the sun :)

Despite the disappointing hiking trails, Jane and I discovered a new excitement for the outdoors. We even made a pact to go hiking every week. Our next stop is the Fullerton Arboretum!