Today's hike was the most beautiful that we've been on and these pictures prove it!
I'm agnostic, but my experience today in the natural beauty of Mt. Tam almost made me a believer. The views within 5 minutes of the Rock Springs Trail head were a slice of heaven. The fog was so thick that it looked like an ocean as it rolled through the mountains.
My friend Christina and I had to strike a quick pose for the camera before we descended into the fog and down the Old Mine Trail towards the Matt Davis trail. As we hiked further down the mountain the cooler the air became.
This photo was one of the few places during the rest of the hike where we saw sun light and brown. After ward all we saw was lichen, moss, mushrooms, ferns - green as far as we could see!
(That's a fallen tree with the roots sticking up!)After 2.5 hours we stopped for a lunch break at Table Rock:
Coach Doni didn't think that we could continue the hike up Steep Ravine and make it back to the trail head within our 4.5 - 5 hour time limit. So unfortunately we had to turn around and do an "out and back" in stead of a loop. Christina and I have planned to go to the full trail next Sunday together.Finally, an hour and a half later we made it out of the fog and we got a glimpse of the bay!
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