Pictures from our 4th hike - Casper's Wilderness Park

Howdy Hikers,

So I have to say that our hike at Casper's Wilderness Park in San Juan Capistrano was by far the Best one we have gone on. The fall foliage was in full force on this hike and man was this place breathtaking. The hike itself was nice easy to moderate hike through wide open spaces and somewhat dense forrests. The dry creek was beautiful (probably more beautiful if water had been flowing through it) and the campsites with old windmills were amazing. Soooo cool!! Take a look for yourslef...

As you can see there were so many awesome things to take pictures of on this hike, one thing is for sure, I can't wait to go back!!!!

Pictures from our 3rd hike - Crystal Cove State Park

Hey Hikers,

Sorry it's taken me soooo long to upload these but here our the pictures from our 3rd hike at Crystal Cove State Park. As you can see it was a beautiful day with great views of the ocean and inland mountains. The hike itself was the hardest for me to date, probably wasn't the best idea to hike while still a little sick. I'll remember that for next time! Oh and the other hikers we came across on this trip were pretty friendly, all-in-all a GREAT hike!

(go Tracy go...)

(yes that is the ocean you see in the background)

Cactus-infested Caspers - FAVORITE HIKE SO FAR!

Hey Kiddos!

Erin and I hiked Caspers Wilderness Park in San Juan Capistrano today! It was one of the longer hikes we've done thus far! The map of the trails we followed is above (in blue).

This Park was super easy to find, and parking was a wonderful $5 - cheapest parking yet!! Once you pay for parking, you take the asphalt road ALLLLLL the way to the end... we passed quite a few campsites before arriving at the parking lot.

I can't say enough good things about Caspers, it was clean, had wide SANDY trails (ask me how dirty I got hahaha!), very quiet, beautiful views, and surrounded by sandstone canyons and fall-colored trees. Apparently wildlife is abundant here, but we didn't see any :(

We reached an elevation of 300 feet at the largest incline, one steep downhill descent, and the rest of the hike were small up's and down's over rolling hills - a great workout!!

Erin's got some excellent pictures! I LOVED this hike, but I'll let you know if I can move tomorrow LOL!!

Until next time, hikers!

T