Muir Woods

We've spent a whole lot of time in the San Fransisco bay area in the last 2 months. However, there is always something new to experience. Last Sunday we drove over the Golden Gate to Sausalito, had a burger for lunch and decided to go see the redwoods. Wow, what an adventure! This outing started off as a leisurely hike to see the Muir woods. The next thing I know, we have been hiking for about oh, 2hrs and we are a little lost. Everyone we passed had backpacks on, bottled water, a hiking stick or two, power bars, huge tri-fold maps - not us. We are living proof, all you need is tennis shoes. We had hiked off of our map! Looking back, it was hilarious! At the time, well, you can only imagine our conversations. At one point we were getting a little concerned, we had not passed any other hikers for over an hour. We finally ran into a couple that let us take a peek at their map. We were almost exactly where we thought we were. John seems to think he has a human GPS. I tend to disagree! Ha Ha! Anyway, I think we ended up hiking about 6 miles. When we finally made it back to the rental car, we chugged some water and drove over to Muir beach to watch the sunset. The half moon shaped beach was cozy. We could smell the salt water mixed with the wood burning fires! I think it was the first beach I've ever been to that allows bonfires. Kinda reminded me of karate kid or some movie? Well, another adventure I promise we will never forget! We are both sore from the hike! John don't forget about the ashes.