Hikes since Mar 2023 #tombold

• Devil's Gulch
• Saw Mill, Bat Tree Forest, Art walk (metallic)
• Point Blue Palomarin Field Station, Creek trail, High cliff trails with Eucalyptus trees. 
• Salmon Spawning near Devil's Gulch (bridge), Mountain trail to waterfalls at Devil's Gulch, Canal Creek trail
• Bodega Bay caves, Doran Beach, Bodega Bay shoreline cliff views
• Met at Sonoma's Best B&B Wine Deli and Frank Bartholomew Mansion and Buena Vista Winery
• The Inks Well at San Geronimo Creek, Kent lake dame area for Salmon viewing, Roy Redwoods
• Dillon Beach mystery rocks, Wildflower Bread company, Duncan's Mills tea shop and Jilly's Real food restaurant
• Tomales Bay hidden beaches and trails, Point Reyes for Elks, Cypress Tree Tunnel
• Shell Beach at Bodega Bay (south of goat rock entrance), Caves and beach along with Rock climbing
• Duxbury Reef 
• Doran Beach & Estero Americano

A Wednesday

A random Wednesday that ended at noon - no meetings or calls. Running off 1.5hrs away to Cataract Falls trail has been one of the major highlights in April. San Anselmo, Mt Tam, Mission San Rafael and Point Richmond were gorgeous! 

A good hike

 A good hike can fix everything. It can neutralize or it can elevate. It does not disappoint. 

#walkingmeditation

Exercising in gym bores me to death but walking does not. I can walk for hours especially when I am alone. All I need is my phone and headphones. I took to serious walking in 2020 during pandemic days when the best places to visit were open parks and grounds - away from crowd and people. I got better at it as I started doing trails and soon it turned into the only form of exercise that I'd want to do anytime. So much so that when I do not have anything to do, my mind always checks if I'd should go for a walk. When I came across this article that Maria posted on Twitter, I was happy to see that it articulates exactly why I like it! 

See - Walking as Creative Fuel: A Splendid 1913 Celebration of How Solitary Walks Enliven “The Country of the Mind”

Some favorites from this article:

"Of course the best sort of walk is the one on which it doesn’t matter twopence whether you get anywhere at all at any time or not; and the second best is the one on which the hard facts of routes, times, or trains give you nothing to worry about."

-- Wendell Berry

"For company too often means compromise, discretion, the choice of the sweetly reasonable."

"Not a fiftieth part of all your happy imaginings will you ever, later, recapture, note down, reduce to dull inadequate words; but meantime the mind has stretched itself and had its holiday."

"But all these are only the by-products, the casual gains, of walking alone. The high converse, the high adventures, will be in the country of the mind."

-- Kenneth Grahame

“I walk everywhere in the city. Any city. You see everything you need to see for a lifetime. Every emotion. Every condition. Every fashion. Every glory.”

--Maira Kalman

New Year, New Post!

Past two months have been this crazy or what! No updates here since Nov... :)

I recovered from the Holiday mood just this past weekend probably. Was able to get into the normal rhythm of things. First hike of the year was long pending. Hoping to be more regular there. 

I love walking aimless in cities, towns and in nature. It's my personal meditation. All I need is a light backpack with essentials, my phone, extra batteries and good walking shoes. I love it! 

My happy place :D