Hiking Kennedy Trail - 10 Jan 2009

I've been meaning to go back to Sierra Azul OSP and hike up Kennedy Trail for a while. CC was interested, so was Aggiejen and Wildbun so we all met on this beautiful Saturday morning, ready for the steep climb. Reaching the summit (or more exactly the junction with Priest Rock Trail) took us 3 hours (we took it slow and stopped for every geocache along the way). The climb is about 4 miles long with an elevation gain of about 1800 feet.
We actually past our original goal and went as far as the incredible area we call "Kennedy Meadow", before going back down, dropping a new cache (by CC) on the way.
We saw interesting mushrooms and fungi.

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First hike of the year: Castle Rock State Park - 03 Jan 2009

It was a gorgeous Saturday, and a bunch of us decided to hike in Castle Rock to grab a few caches including the new GC1KCZH-Castle Rock Cable Co. by Bullit, who was part of the group.
The park was beautiful, with great views of the Monterey Bay. No rain that day, but it was so cold that I was happy to wear my gloves.
The hike was about 6 miles long, and the elevation gain was about 1200 feet.
The group was made of Bullit, CC, Calipidder, Drunken Marmot, Nazgul, and myself.

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