christopher575

It's been sunny and warm lately and that kind of weather sends me running to the woods. Trees are so good at keeping the temperature down. On Sunday, I decided to confirm what I suspected last time I was at Japanese Gulch, which was that the northernmost trails on the west side were closed up intentionally. Previously, I found a bunch of huge cut branches blocking the path from the top, but I wasn't absolutely sure I was where I thought I was. So Sunday I went up the other way and found, indeed, that it was the trail I thought it was. I should have suspected as much, since the trail leading up from the other side was very overgrown. It's kind of rude of them to block one side of a trail but not the other.

There's still a way to come back down via the nearby neighborhood once you make your way over to the street up above via one of the trails further South. I explored a couple of streets I've never seen before, the kind I love that are a mix of huge mansions and rotting small homes waiting to be fixed up.

On Sunday we went for an early Memorial Day meal at Garrett's parents. It was nice, though I need to remember to ask for the air conditioning to be turned on before it gets too warm. Food was great. We didn't see much of Bella.

It'd been a long time since I went to Lord Hill Regional Park, so I figured Memorial Day would be a good time to. I noticed on its website that there's a south entrance I hadn't been to and decided to check it out. Unfortunately, I accidentally turned onto a highway I wasn't supposed to, and it took forever to make my way back. It worked out in a way, though, as I arrived right when the park officially opens. This time of year I'm not overly concerned with entering early when it's already so bright out, but it worked out that I didn't need to.

Here are some nice shots from that hike. I think I'll save my writing energy about it for LiEv.