took a hike
10/06/2009
I had a rather active weekend. First, we set up the Wii after putting it away for a year. First we didn’t have a tv. Then after we set up the tv we didn’t get around to setting up the Wii. So anyway, almost four months after getting the Wii Fit we set it up.
Wee is unfit.
According to the genius that is Nintendo, my Fitness age is 13 years more than my actual age. Which is bad news. The Wii Fit is kind of like Brain Age for working out, and the games are pretty compelling for now. There is a Yoga module, a Strength training module, an Aerobics module (which is totally misleading) and a Balance module; like Brain Age, you get to unlock more poses as you progress and chalk up more time on the system. I’m not addicted. But I’m trying to chalk up at least 30 mins 4 days a week to start off.
Yesterday, KF took the day off, so we went for a hike. I’ve been bugging him to bring me hiking mostly because I’ve been checking up on the State Parks in California and they all sound like they’ll have picturesque landscapes and beautiful wildlife. Not exactly.
Not all of them have toilets. If they do, it’s literally a hole in the ground with a toilet bowl on top.
Landscapes might be stunning, but sometimes the odd phone or power line will ruin your picture.
You gotta watch out for crap – dog, cat and horse (at least I hope it was horse).
Other than that, it’s really nice to be in the great outdoors. The weather now is perfect for it, afternoons are a balmy 18C or so, with a little sunblock you’re good to go. There are plenty of nice parks along the coast, and the drive is fun in itself. Highway 1 is totally quaint. If you’re not in a hurry.
Anyway, I picked McNee Ranch State Park for our hike this time around because it was relatively close by, and seemed to offer a good mix of both coastal scenes and plantlife.
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It didn’t feel like the other state parks, mostly because we encountered some roadwork getting there. Usually it’s quiet around the state parks. This felt like a park in the city, because you can hear the traffic and see the homes in the distance on top of the hill. It took me forever to get up the hill because I kept stopping for photos. But that was the point of going for a hike, at least for me. 
3.5 hours and 820 photos later, we left tired, hungry but glad to have made the trip.
I’d wanna go on another hike again, maybe over the weekend, but the other parks seem a little further away. If we get another couple of days off, I’d totally wanna head to Big Basin Redwoods State Park. It looks huge on the map, and it’s next to a few other parks.
