Hike #8: Mission Peak Regional Preserve (Fremont, CA)

Distance: 3.8 mi

Elevation Gain: 1,118 ft

Memorable: Zoe fell flat on her face in a huge pile of cow dung.  We could barely tell because she was already so covered in mud.  All the kids had to strip down before getting into the car to drive home.

Hike #5: Garrapata State Park (Big Sur, CA)

Location: Carmel, CA

Distance: 5.1 mi

Elevation Gain: 1,744 ft

Memorable: Very hard footing, including some big bounders and river crossings, gorgeous view of the Pacific

Hike #4: Stanford Dish (Stanford, CA)

Hike #4: Stanford Dish (Stanford, CA)

Distance: 3.1 miles

Elevation Gain: 452 feet

Memorable: Super windy and chilly, Brynn told an epic Jack and Lucy story, great view of the red roofs of Stanford campus

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Hike #3: Foothills  Park (Palo Alto, CA)

Hike #3: Foothills Park (Palo Alto, CA)

Distance: 2.9 miles

Elevation Gain: 543 feet

Memorable: Big rain followed by bright sun and blue sky followed by more rain, party in the Fair-mobile while we waited for skies to clear, lots of deer spottings

Hike #2: Half Moon Bay, CA

Hike #2: Half Moon Bay, CA

Distance: 3.9 miles

Elevation Gain: 262 feet

Memorable: Delicious lobster roll and clam chowder lunch to fuel us before the hike, hanging out at the beach at the turnaround point of the hike, seeing Angie + Sep's land...can't wait to see what they do with it!

Hike #1: Black Mountain (Scottsdale, AZ)

Hike #1: Black Mountain (Scottsdale, AZ)

Distance: 2.4 miles

Elevation Gain: 1,219 feet

Memorable: Steep climbing with lots of rocks, sweating off the new year's eve celebration from the night before, post-hike swim with Semmens family at Terra Vita