Rolling Hills

Ok so the Tour is over (Levi retains his title), the weather is a bit flaky at times, work stressful, and I was incredibly lazy in February ;). I had expected to be doing a lot of riding and of course the gym, but it just didn't happen. Partly due to my bike wheel damage, some due to it being quite cold still, and part just because there were other things I'd rather be doing.

Well with all that, March 1st is here and so I decided to head out to go ride Old La Honda and Alpine rd (the west side of Alpine). Not a long ride by any means, but still a nice bit of climbing. 35 miles and around 3700 feet for the day. The wind was picking up so as I passed my truck on the way to ride Canada Rd (my truck was parked at the Woodside town center) I just couldn't bring myself to keep going ;).

That was Saturday, on Sunday I was thinking about riding up Mt Hamilton or Montebello, but Nahoko wanted to go hiking instead. The weather was great for either, so I decided her idea would be more fun for the day. Heading over to Pescadero Creek County Park (which really is comprised of several parks linked together) we started at Heritage Grove and made our way towards Hiker's Hut (which we never saw, but I did find it in a picture online somewhere today.

Once reaching the ridge line from Heritage Grove, we kept going and took Brook Loop trail for a nice long walk through sun, trees, down the hill, across a creek (with visible waterfall), and back up through switchbacks that seemed neverending, and eventually back to the ridge line to make our way back to the truck.

There are several small waterfalls in the parks from what I found online, but this was the only one we saw for the day.