Our first real hike with a group of people from meetup.com (this is the Silicon Valley way to meet people here). James' mate from work was a member & told us about this 'moderately easy' hike on Sweeney Ridge, San Bruno. A drive down the 101 got us there & we drove up some hills of some cool 50's style houses to get there. We were rearing to go with Ashwin in his little backpack & water & snacks in our pack. Off we went up a paved trail & when I say up - I mean up! There was a portion of this hike that nearly killed me, there was this fairly steep area where it seemed to go on for ages - as I couldn't breathe properly! But once that was over the hike was cruising along and we got to the top of the ridge to see a foggy view of the beach. After the sightseeing of this magnificient spot we wandered up to a monument for a dude who brought up thousands of people to experience the panoramas. This is when we went off road up a trail that took us to a dead end - which was funny because this area was fenced off & said 'No Loitering', didn't seem such a good place to do any loitering anyway!The hike down was pretty good as the fog had 'burned off' (this is SF speak for the fog dispersing) and there was much more to see in the valleys. We saw a huge reservoir on the other side of where the ocean was & there was also a grove of some huge gum trees, that I imagine will just love the weather here. Ashwin had enough of the backpack by then & was having a ball on Dads shoulders - pulling James'hair & laughing away as the ride was pretty bumpy!
It was a great hike & would be worth another viewing on a day where there is less fog - mmmmm this is San Francisco so that might be very unlikely :)
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OMG!! Cant believe you hiked sweeney ridge! Deans parents backyard backs onto the entrance of the trail,we lived there for 2 years and used to take the dog for a walk there every night! Its beautiful but when the fogs is out it is crazy there.
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