Hike for Youth pictures!

Hey everyone! First of all, thanks so much to everyone who donated to my Hike for Youth. I raised $340 overall, which is pretty good for a week's notice! Here's some pictures, as promised.

Eric and I woke up at 6am to drive down to Golden Gate State Park.

Pretty scenery on the drive there

At the hike they had booths set up for the different benefitting organizations. This butterfly was at one of those booths.

And the 7 mile trek begins!

I'm glad Eric looks tired! He's in super good shape, so it's nice knowing he was feeling it too.

The hike followed a creek for the first half, then switchbacked up to Windy Peak (which was indeed windy), then dropped into Forgotten Valley in which there is an old homestead. It's a really beautiful hike. I was so distracted by the scenery and talking to people in our group that it really didn't feel like 7 miles at all!

Me on our snack break at the top of Windy Peak.

Eric's snack break

On the top of Windy Peak

We did the Mountain Lion trail

Which is on the upper right side of this map.

Our hiking group

The homestead, settled by a Swedish family in 1870.

The afterparty

Waiting for the raffle..

Eric fell asleep on the drive home and opened his eyes just as I was taking this picture. hehe.