So I haven't blogged much since moving to LA, but here are some highlights over the last 2 1/2 months (or some of the highlights that we took pictures of anyways).
We hiked Strawberry Peak on September 5. It was an overgrown trail and we were poked several times by a very pokey plant or by yucca plants or by cactus. We didn't see anyone on the hike which we thought was weird considering it was still very close to LA. Then as we finished the hike, we had to go through a fenced area that said it was closed. Woops! We had a hard time finding the start of the trail, so we didn't even see the start where it was closed off. It was a fun hike, but I got very very tired on it.
Here's our customary "top of the mountain" picture.
There was a fire here and the dead trees among the smaller green plants were kind of spooky looking.
The pointy mountain in the middle is Strawberry Peak from the road.
On October 8, we hiked Sandstone Peak (also known as Mt. Allen) which was a short, but very scenic hike. In the second picture, you can see the ocean behind Jeremy. We could see lots of islands too.
Other than hiking, we have also gone on a few mountain bike rides. The best trail we have found is the Backbone trail and it goes forever. It reminds me of the Crest trail in Utah because it is so beautiful and has lots of smooth single track through the trees.
We have also spent a lot of time at the beach. We usually go about once a week and here are some of my favorite pictures from the beach.
If you look at this picture closely, you can see a dolphin in the left half of the picture. We went to Zuma Beach in Malibu because they have dolphins a lot. We were really hoping and then we saw them! They were so close to the beach and playing in the waves, it was awesome!
I like watching birds at the beach. They are so funny how they run into and away from the waves, how the dive-bombers are so fast zooming into the ocean. This bird had the longest beak ever.
Jeremy was boogie-boarding and all the seagulls stopped to watch him...
