Monday, May 2, 2011

Spring in the Bay Area!

After a hard, cold week at work and many headaches, we headed out this past weekend to visit Ashley and Matt for a green hiking weekend.  We were really excited to do some "short sleeves hiking" but we were even MORE excited when it snowed in Klamath Falls on Thursday and Friday!  It's definitely not spring yet here, so we headed south to see the blooming flowers and smell the fresh green grass.
We arrived Friday night and had a grill out with artichoke, Teriyaki shrimp and a rice pilaf - delicious!

Saturday we headed out to Sunol Regional Wilderness area for some fun hiking with Ashley, Matt, Alee and Ashley's friend Danny.  The hike was gorgeous, the weather was perfect and they allowed dogs to be off-leash!  It doesn't get better than that!
Alee with her new pack loaded with 2 Nalgene Bottles
Family photo/Rest break
Ed and Alee hiking...great shot of Alee
Kristin and Ashley
Alee climbing on some rocks near the non-existent falls
After the hike on Saturday, we headed out to another on Sunday!  Sunday's hike was at Mission Peak Regional Park.  Alee was still exhausted from the hike the day before, so we left the pack at home and headed for the very populated trail!
Hittin the trail!
Mid-hike photo!
Apparently the park land was also open-range
A rattlesnake on the trail...and NOT afraid of people!
Great view of the Bay Area
Ashley and Kristin
With us both exhausted and Alee just pooped, we headed home to get ready for our next adventure!

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