This morning as we were preparing our hydration packs for an all day hike, we discovered a leak in one water bladder. That created a mess and it took us awhile to get going after cleaning up from the leak. We drove over to Los Osos and then to Montana de Oro State Park. Our friendly chamber lady said this was a great place to hike with lots of trails and wonderful scenery.
We chose two trails with lots of elevation change to get ready for our Grand Canyon trip. It was two miles up Valencia Peak with the last mile being the steepest up to about 1300 feet. We then came down one mile and took a connecting trail over to Oats Peak Trail, stopped for lunch and then climbed back up to 1300 feet again on Oats Peak. We took the easier trail back down to the Jeep. We estimate that we hiked about 8 miles today.
The views from these peaks were awesome. We could see the coastline with crashing waves on steep cliffs. There were lots of other high peaks and steep valleys throughout the area. At one point we spotted two birds that were either hawks, falcons, or eagles. We don't know which, but they were awesome to watch. The breeze was stiff at times but hiking creates a lot of heat so we didn't mind the cooler temps and wind too much. We met up with a boy scout troop taking a hike and a couple from Canada stopped to take our picture and visit for awhile.
After showers, John was nice enough to take me out to dinner so I didn't have to cook. Unfortunately, we did not get to watch the sun set into the ocean due to clouds. But it was still a nice evening.
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