A Hike to Kick Your Butt

Mother's Day

is 

MY DAY!

never mess with
MY
day

after
losing
two games
of Jenga

and
enjoying
a glass of
Andrew's
first batch
of
home brewed
beer

we
drove
to
Montana de Oro
for a
Mother's Day beach hike
we started about 1 mile UP from the beach
at
the
Rim Trail head

Our goal was
the
Morro Bay Estuary
south of
Morro Rock

this
time of year
a
good
portion
of
 beach access
is closed
because
the
Snowy Plover is
 nesting



the Plover
must have
been
 hiding

happy

energy

after

the

sandy downhill

jaunt

we

even

found

friends

to 

capture

a 

Mother's Day

memento

the

day

was

foggy

but warm

lots of happy little sand pipers

and

sadly

lots of

trash

Andrew found a floating fish line
that he named 

Floaty

(and dragged it with him the entire hike)

Public Service Announcement

…….

balloons

plastic bottles

plastic bags

plastic containers

all 

along 

the beach

we collected a huge assortment

to recycle

there

were

so many 

mylar balloons

to make

a long

hiking story 

short

we went

about four miles

north

along the

peaceful

uncrowded

 beach

turned around

(with our collection of trash)

and

happily

hiked back

to

the 

beach trail head
(at the bottom of the hill)

I might

remind you

….

what goes down

has to 

go 

back 

up

going

back up

the

sandy

trail

to our

car

was
so
gnarly

(I thought I was going to die)

(couldn't even stop my momentum to take any pictures)

alas,

we
all

survived
(even me)

here are

just

a few

of our

beach treasures
(styrofoam things etc)

 Floaty
and
shells
 and
sand dollars
 (most broke on the hike back)

It

was 

a 

wonderful

Mother's Day!

I inhaled

the

 day

with

my

family

and

survived

the

ghastly

sandy 

uphill

trek

of 

The Rim Trail

at

 Montana de Oro State Beach
P.s.  there are many 
many
other 
easy


medium easy


and


difficult hikes


as well as


Horseback riding
bike routes


tide pools
and 
anything
and
everything 
involving
Nature
at her best at
 Montana de Oro