Couple more photos of Clevenger Canyon hike

Some of the flowers on the hike.

March, April, and May hikes

We are behind in getting our blog entries in, but we haven't missed any weekends hiking. We have done multiples of Mule Hill in San Pasqual Valley, more Kit Carson Park, some just around the block. Our latest, yesterday, was back to the Clevenger Canyon South trail, on the way to Ramona. We have loved all of these hikes! The hikes on the Mule Hill trail were interesting because they are next to a historical area and a large organic vegetable farm. This historical site is where a battle took place as part of the war with Mexico in 1846.

The Clevenger Canyon hike yesterday was amazing! We expected standard Escondido area dry plants, but found a very lush green little valley with many wild flowers and even a little creek. We are proud to say we made the half-mile assent in half the time it took us the first time we did it! We must be getting much younger.

Boulder Loop Trail, Daley Ranch

We hiked 3.5 miles today. Woohoo! Beautiful trail which we had to ourselves. There was water running in the stream and many places with water running across the trail. The wild lilac are in bloom. Such a treat to see them.

Two more hikes

Saturday Feb 14, Valentine's Day! It was rainy and overcast at 6:30 am and I didn't want to go hiking. Steve got us out the door though and it turned into a beautiful day. The sky cleared, the sun came out and the trails were not muddy. The best Valentine ever! We hiked the back trails at Kit Carson Park, about 50 minutes of walking.

Saturday Feb 7 we went hiking in Kit Carson Park. It had rained hard the night before so we decided to stay where there were side walks. The creek bed was full of water and we could see that during the night it had been up over the road in places. We ventured out into the dirt trails but they were muddy and very slick so turned back to the sidewalk along the road.

January 31

San Pasqual Valley, south ridge. We hiked further and faster than before but still did not get high enough to see the ocean. We think we will not return to this hike until we (I) am ready to make it all the way to the top. We forgot the camera again, so still no picture. 1 hour.

January 24

Daley Ranch. Creek Crossing to East Ridge to Ranch House Loop. 65 min, 2.5 miles.

January 19

San Paqual Valley, south ridge. 45 min.

January 17

Daley Ranch, to the ranch house. 60 min, 2 miles.

January 3

San Paqual Valley, south ridge. 30 min.