Back to Walking in the hills

Another favorite activity I can do again is walking or hiking in the hills that are too far to get to from my house on foot. So today for the first time in weeks I rode my bike to West Morgan Hill can walked some of the hills over there. That went great, so my next adventure will be to return to my favorite local hiking trail, the Arrowhead loop in Coyote Valley Open Space.

Wright Avenue and the lower slopes of El Toro
View from the top


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