Hope that everyone had a great weekend and Mother’s Day!
My hubby gave me flowers for being a wonderful canine mother. 😉
I was thinking a lot about my mom yesterday and how much I appreciate her. Even though we live on opposite coasts, we talk at least once a day and are really close. She was on vacation with my dad in Aruba the past several days, so I kept thinking it was strange not getting to call her and wish her a happy Mother’s Day. I love my mama!
with my parents
Yesterday Adam, Harley and I went hiking at a new spot nearby, called Mount Madonna County Park.
Adam and I were just recently talking about how neither of us have really seen Redwood trees before – because we’re planning a trip up to Redwood forests very soon! – and we were pleasantly surprised when we got to the park map and saw that Redwoods were along the trail we were about to hike. My guess is that these Redwoods are nowhere near as big as some of the ones we’ll see on our getaway soon, but they were really cool!
There’s something about seeing Redwood trees that puts life into perspective for me. I ran into this quote and thought it described the trees perfectly:
”The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence and awe. It’s not only their unbelievable stature, nor the color which seems to shift and vary under your eyes, no, they are not like any trees we know, they are ambassadors from another time.” – John Steinbeck
We hiked the Merry-Go-Round Loop. Based on what I’ve seen online, this trail is part of the whole hike around Sprig Lake (which, by the way, is not a lake at all now… though it must have been at some point) is around 9.5 miles. I believe the hike is a bit under 5 miles, though it’s times like these that I wish I still had my FitBit. As I’ve talked about on my blog before, I think the FitBit is a great healthy living tool. Unfortunately I lost it while on a motorcycle ride about a month ago. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve reached for it on my waist to check how many steps I’ve taken for the day, or to see how long a hike like this is!
Someone enjoyed climbing on fallen Redwoods like a monkey…
It took us a bit under 2 hours to loop around the trail, and it was decently challenging for a Sunday afternoon stroll. There was hardly anyone on the trail, and we let Harley off the leash to sniff around while we walked…
…which resulted in a very happy, tired puppy afterwards:
I really enjoyed this hike and definitely plan to go back there soon!
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