A glorious weekend to trek across the Laguna Beach hills. Well, except for the fact that the nature preserve’s hours are confusingly short, so our leisurely hike turned into a run around the highest ridge trail in the hopes of getting back to the parking lot before we were locked in. Emily had me run ahead and I caught the park ranger just as she was exiting. The upside was I got one helluva workout running up and down a trail filled with jackrabbits, lizards, fragrant wildflowers and the occasional booty-side-up beetle. My reward was an ice cold 7-Up and a late afternoon crash at Huntington Beach, washing surfers, seagulls and pelicans enjoy a fading sunset. Southern California is wonderful this way.
Sunday’s run:
Hour: 4:00 pm
Feel: 6/10
Distance: 4 miles
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