Hiking with Shark Tooth Part 8

Always Looking for Roads In One thing about hiking with CMT: you have to do a long hike in short bursts.  That means I’m always scanning maps for back roads that touch the trail. According to Google Maps, our future … Continue reading

Hiking With Shark Tooth Part 7

Through the Crowded Parts of Rancho San Antonio The Only Section I Hiked Alone It’s sweet to share a big hiking project with a beloved who accepts and enjoys my quirks.  (Like when I say, “Let’s start this hike by … Continue reading

Hiking with Shark Tooth Part 6

To Rancho San Antonio and Real Trails at Last A Secret Back Entrance? Rancho San Antonio Open Space is a beautiful park with hillside trails, quiet glades and hikes of all levels of challenge. Geri and I hardly ever dare … Continue reading

Hiking with Shark Tooth Part 4

A Hike Which Changed My Life Park to Park In an ideal world, each section of our Hike to the Ridge would start and end at a city park until we reached the hills and real trails. Today, we planned … Continue reading

Hiking with Shark Tooth Part 3

(Dodging Cars and Smelling Roses in Time of Plague) Cuteness Explosion “Shall we put our feet where they were last time?” Geri asked, smiling. “You bet.” We stood hand in hand in Cuesta Park, where we’d first had our view … Continue reading

Hiking with Shark Tooth Part 2

(Memories of the Tooth’s First Bite) Calling in the Past, Hiking On There was something I hadn’t told Geri yet as we stood together in Bubb Park a week after our first hike. “So there’s something I always do,” I … Continue reading