Friends, the Golden Gate, and Waterfalls
Apr. 10th, 2023 07:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerDespite my lack of blogging this weekend about what I did this weekend, it was actually a fairly busy weekend. In fact it's because this weekend was busy that I didn't have time to blog about it! Here's a quick recap, with more to come later:
Saturday we drove up to Pacifica to meet some friends. We had lunch together, hung out for a bit, and played a boardgame.
Later Saturday afternoon we drove up through San Francisco, across the Golden Gate Bridge, to the Marin Headlands. On a scenic drive along the mountain ridge there are amazing views back across the bridge into the city. We did a bit of hiking up there, including to Hawk Hill, the highest point on the ridge, and around some of the WWII fortifications built into the hills.
Saturday night we stayed at a hotel in Mill Valley, in Marin County north of San Francisco. It was a bit of a staycation but also a bit of an "8 hours and a shower" thing to keep us closer to stuff we wanted to do and save ourselves the time driving back & forth.
Sunday we arose early-ish for hiking the "Three Cs" of waterfalls: Cataract Falls, Carson Falls, and (the other) Cascade Falls. Doing three hikes in one day felt pretty epic. It likely wouldn't be possible if we hadn't stayed over in that hotel.
Sunday night we arrived home at dusk after stopping for dinner along the way. With lunch having been protein bars on the trail, we absolutely demolished the food at the restaurant. We unloaded the car, sorted out some of our gear, started a load of laundry, and took showers. I was so beat by that point that I decided just to go to bed. I was out before 9pm.
Saturday we drove up to Pacifica to meet some friends. We had lunch together, hung out for a bit, and played a boardgame.
Later Saturday afternoon we drove up through San Francisco, across the Golden Gate Bridge, to the Marin Headlands. On a scenic drive along the mountain ridge there are amazing views back across the bridge into the city. We did a bit of hiking up there, including to Hawk Hill, the highest point on the ridge, and around some of the WWII fortifications built into the hills.
Saturday night we stayed at a hotel in Mill Valley, in Marin County north of San Francisco. It was a bit of a staycation but also a bit of an "8 hours and a shower" thing to keep us closer to stuff we wanted to do and save ourselves the time driving back & forth.
Sunday we arose early-ish for hiking the "Three Cs" of waterfalls: Cataract Falls, Carson Falls, and (the other) Cascade Falls. Doing three hikes in one day felt pretty epic. It likely wouldn't be possible if we hadn't stayed over in that hotel.
Sunday night we arrived home at dusk after stopping for dinner along the way. With lunch having been protein bars on the trail, we absolutely demolished the food at the restaurant. We unloaded the car, sorted out some of our gear, started a load of laundry, and took showers. I was so beat by that point that I decided just to go to bed. I was out before 9pm.
