Mission Trails Park

My wife and I are in-training for our anticipated trip to Peru later this spring. Now its hard to prepare for the altitude that Cusco and most other cites in Peru are located, exercise and hiking are good way to make sure we have the right gear and are in sufficient shape for the experience. This blog is to (1) catalog my push to get into better shape as I prepare for this journey and (2) motivate me to explore every park and trail in San Diego County.

I think its important to tell people that hiking is not necessarily about dedicating yourself to some crazy 8-hour excursion, its about taking time to see our natural world. If your hikes start out as a 15-30 minute walk to a farmer's market or to the store that is how I got back into it here in San Diego (I live in Hillcrest).

Yesterday we went hiking in the Mission Trails Park (Mission Gorge). Mission trails is a classic example of most new parks these days, it has easy to moderate trails, with both paved and unpaved options. We decided to check out the more easy options, and took the flatter, trail to the dam.

The hike took about 1.5 hours and at the end we were abit more dusty then when we started, but overall the sights were very cool. I think next time we will head up closer to the rock face that most of the rock climbers explore. We weren't particularly tired at the end of hike, we just were ready to head back and get cleaned up for dinner.