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It has been raining for the past two days, and today we had to hike. I chose Alviso because it looked like an easy hike. It had a flat 9-mile trail. It was a great decision to go today because it was overcast and there weren’t any trees. Well, after three miles on wet gravel,  which was an easy walk, we got to a muddy trail. For the next six miles, we walked on the worst terrain. I didn’t know how heavy my boots and hiking poles could be when the mud accumulated on them; it was almost impossible to walk in some areas. At the end, it took us four hours to walk 9 miles. When we finished, we were dirty, tired, and hungry.

I’m afraid that on El Camino, we will have some days with this kind of terrain due to the rain in spring.

I’m glad we did it because now we know what to expect and how long it could take us to walk in mud with some extra weight on our shoes and hiking poles.

Today we did eight miles again. It was an easy and quiet hike. We passed a few cyclists and had the opportunity to admire the valley and the beautiful spring flowers.

Also, today I watched the movie The Way, with Martin Sheen and Emilio Stevens, so that my children could have an idea about the walk and the places we will be.

It has been a month since the last time we did a hike due to bad weather and Jeremy having the awful flu, and my mild flu. Today we finally had the energy to go for a walk.

We hiked 8.58 miles in 4 hrs, our worst time yet.

Today was a day when we didn’t really want to do a long walk. After a delicious and unhealthy donut and coffee breakfast at Psycho Donuts, we headed to Saratoga Open Preserve. We faced our steepest hill so far at the beginning of the trail.

We hiked 3.60 miles today.

Today was a great day for hiking. This trail almost made me cry after four miles of climbing, but eventually we reached the peak.

We hiked 8.28 miles

Here is the park link

So far this has been my favorite hike. There were nice views of the valley. We hiked 10.14 miles, this has been the longest one.

Here is a link with some information

 

 

I learned about this place thanks to a friend.

We hiked through California mining history. It was a really interesting place to visit and have an idea of how people used to live here.

We hiked 5.75 miles