The Jimmy Stewart Hike

I am sure most of you will be able to figure out Pat's title of this blog, especially since we are in San Francisco.

After I  went to jazzercize, and Dan took a bike ride, we thought we didn't get enough of our daily dose of exercise, and decided to take a hike in Mill Valley.   We chose a long walk up in the hills in the West Blithedale Canyon Park.   We took Gus with us, we were so happy we finally could.

But this walk!   It was quite scary, as the path was very narrow and steep, with a deep canyon very near the edge.   There were a few short bridges across in a few places, then a plank at another part, though this wasn't over anything steep.    Nearby, we saw a small little hut, and a teepee with  strange objects around, left by people who'd hiked up there.   (it was almost like geocaching)   We also found a labyrinth made out of stones, which Gus and Pat walked.   We found another path nearby , and I thought it was a flatter way down.    Dan did not, didn't think it was much of a path at all.   I went down it a bit by myself, with Gus following.  Well, this was very narrow, and hazardous.  I finally turned around when I saw that you had to walk over a plank over the canyon!    Yikes!  So we turned around and went the other way.   Pat

Pat was quite afraid that we were all going over the edge. It reminded me of the time in the glass elevator in Chicago, where a bouncing ball.....well I'm sure Jason remembers.

Any way it was another beautiful walk in a dark redwood forest that wasn't that long but was quite strenuous. Gus is back to his old self tromping up and down the path. It was his first big hike in a long time and he did great.

The day was the warmest since we have been here, somewhere in the 70's. I took a bike ride for an hour in the morning around Hamilton Field, which is the old Hamilton Air Force Base that has been redeveloped. 

We finished the day watching the NCAA tournament games, and enjoyed the Wisconsin win, and also the OSU loss.  MSU was quite impressive in its game also. They could have a great run in this tournament. Michigan squeaked out a win yesterday, but will have a tough time surviving against a very good Oklahoma team tomorrow. So far the tournament has been fun.

Dan