Friday was the last day of the Pic Your Park Contest, and it was the most perfect day. I have a million parks to blog about in between D.C. and California, but for now I’ll just talk about my amazing day yesterday. (Also, I feel like I need to say that I’m not trying to be smug here. So many times, life does not go according to plan! I couldn’t believe how the universe seemed to be working in my favor for just this one day.) I woke up early in Reno and was hiking on the PCT when the sun came up. This actually put me a little behind schedule; I just wanted to keep hiking and see what was around the next corner or beyond the next ridge and finally realized I’d been wandering too long and needed to get back. But it was just so beautiful! There was hardly any traffic on the drive to Point Reyes. I’ve visited there before and will visit again, so I took a quick selfie and continued on. I drove over the Golden Gate Bridge (which I still get so excited about every time I do it) and easily
National parks, hiking, canyoneering, and other weird sight-seeing