Hiking!!!!!!
The last week I have been hiking twice (and I am sore!). The first time, on Wednesday, with Fanny, the second time was this morning with Sheryl. But times were great! It is so beautiful out here. With Fanny I stayed in SB (since we didn't had a car it was pretty hard to actually get to a hiking trail) and with Sheryl we went to Montecito, especially there it was beautiful We were surrounded by nature. Where in SB you will always still be able to see the city, in Montecito you'll be surrounded by mountains full of trees :p. But since I only had my phone with me on Wednesday (I also brought my camera, but forgot the memory card......), here are some photos from that great hike:
As I said, it is hard to get to a trail without a car. I found this one on the internet and since it is called Jesusita trail, I knew how to get there; it was where our holiday cabin was during winter break! The hike was pretty intense. It was 8 miles straight up. We understood from the internet that it would be a roundtrip, but at the end, when the trail stopped all of the sudden, we were lost. Luckily, after going the wrong way 3 times, we found a trail down and we ended up in the civilized part of SB again : ).
Almost at the beginning of our hike (at a path like this photo) we heard something scary. We heard "sssssssssssssssssssjjj", so of course we stopped to look what it was. Then we heard "ssssssssssssssssjjjjjhh" again and we saw something black move right next to us. Then we ran away... We had seen an evil snake.... For the next hour or so we jumped at every sound we heard in the leaves. Luckily, after being scared by dozens of lizards, we realized we wouldn't run into a snake again and it got easier to ignore the cute geckos :)
It's so pretty out here! The last photo is actually a panorama, but I believe you can't really see that. But that was our view after 2,5 hours of climbing up!
On top of the world :)
As I said we ended the hike down in SB again. To be specific, in front of the History museum of SB. They had this in front of the building; a whale! :O
It looks like some kind of dinosaur....
It was great to enjoy these hikes before I go home to flat Holland soon. More photos will follow, but I'm waiting for Fanny to send them to me :)