My New Years resolution is to celebrate something new every month. In January, I celebrated traveling and I will update January Celebrations sometime later. This month though, I am celebrating hiking!
How can I live in California and not go hiking right? So my first hike was the Cataract Trail in the Mount Tamalpais State Park.Hike to the fall had tall steps that went straight up. Since we were hiking up to a waterfall, I was expecting the route to be shaded with trees. Beautiful greenery surrounded the trail and there was water flowing on one side of the walk at all times. Up top at Laurel Bell trail there were picnic tables, where we had a potluck.I devoured some hard boiled eggs and almond butter sandwiches. But, after smelling everyones spicy food I had a desperate craving for salt. So, I ate a kind ladies falafels to satisfy my salt craving among all the sweet bread and sweet butter I got myself! I made a note to myself to bring something salty next hike.
The meditative teachings by the hike leader after the picnic, was food for my soul. We learned about Sukha which is happiness. Blissfully listening to her while soaking up the sun was very easy to do. The Catarct Falls as seen in the picture was gorgeous and the sound of the water was soothing. We walked about 3 to 4 miles straight up and coming down the steep slope, I did feel the need for hiking poles. Even though the distance of the hike wasn't long the challenge of the extreme steep course made that days hike worth my while!
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