18 Miles in the hillsides of Napa Valley! From left to right: Nancy, myself, Darlene, Laura, Luke, Jo, Scott, Max.
Oh, and Cody the dog as well.
This weekend's route also happened to be part of the Bay Area Ridge Trail which has about 340 miles open. The ultimate goal is a 550+ mile loop around the San Francisco Bay. The route goes right through the middle of SF, so maybe I'll have to get over to the city and try that out.
This was my second time out with my new backpack (ZPacks Arc Blast 52L) and so far so good! I was carrying 5 liters of water, so I got to test some it with some weight. Loving the hip belt pockets, which came with a simple velcro closure instead of the advertised clips. I'm not complaining -- the velcro works great and is adjustable. It must be a very recent change to their design, because Stick's review from November had the clips. His video helped me make the final decision to pull the trigger and buy one of these.











