A Golden Hike

We've been hiking a 2 to 3 mile hike everyday now, up here on the mountain. We keep finding fun maps of the area and discovering new trails to explore. Some of our hikes are through dense wooded canyons - some get steep and are still a lung challenge at the 6,000 ft altitude . . . but I think everyday we're getting more fit. Some of our hikes are through huge mountain meadows that were formed when this area had more lakes. The name here, Mt. Laguna is Spanish for lake.

I've been doing a small short second hike each evening when the sun starts to set. Behind our cabin is a hill with very few trails (one deer trail I've found so far) but the vegetation is low and it's easy to just bushwhack without getting too many stickers in my socks. The low dense setting sunlight sets over the mountain and if I time it right, the warm glow in the forest is just about the best end of the day for sure.

This is the dirt road that leads back to the cabin. ~N