Saturday, February 03, 2007
Pinnacles Hike with Dave & Dan
I celebrated my first official day of part time status at Google with a hike in Pinnacles National Monument with brothers-in-law Dave and Dan. We drove to the western entrance and hiked to the top, a breath-taking experience in all senses of the word. Instead of turning left through the tunnel hike, we took a right which turned out to be the much better route: the steep trail at times was cut into the rock, and rails kept our balance steady down steep rock descents. We then hiked down and around the northeast trail to the western caves. It was a wet and almost blind scramble through the rocky trail to the other side. All told, it's one of the best hikes in California and well worth revisiting.
