How’s the weather in your area? Things here in the San Diego area are nice and sunny, so we went for a family hike today.

I really enjoy taking a hike with my family. It’s a nice family activity and good exercise.

The plan, now that the weather is likely to be good most of the time here now, is to take a hike every Monday. Sometimes it will be a nature hike, other times a trip to the San Diego Zoo or Wild Animal Park, since we have memberships there.

Definitely have to work on the endurance. We hiked just under two miles and I’m feeling it just a little bit.

The place we hiked today was nice, if there was a bit too much poison oak around for us to choose it often. It was the Blue Sky Nature Preserve. Very pretty. Some of you may remember that in 2003 San Diego had a gigantic fire, and Blue Sky Nature Preserve might have been hit by it, I’m not really sure. There were some burnt out tree stumps, but also lots of fully grown oaks and sycamores, so possibly the stumps are from other fires. Some of the areas we do like to hike were burned out, though, and are still growing back. Since poison oak grows quickly, it’s a problem in many areas.

You don’t have to go far to find a place to hike in most areas. You can generally find plenty of places a short drive away no matter where you live. If not, even a walk around a park or in your neighborhood is good exercise and an easy way to spend time with your family.

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