Hiking

Over the last few weeks, Matt and I have been hitting the abundant hiking trails available in the Los Angeles area.  One of our friends, who is a native Los Angeleno, gave us a list of his favorite/recommended trails nearest us (in the Santa Monica area specifically).  We have now hiked those trails (pics below) and are excited to try more of the hiking trails in LA.  We are trying to get a hike in at least once a month, which we have been managing quite well.  So, there should be other hiking pics in future blog posts :)

Paseo Miramar Trailhead

This was our first hike, which was meant to be a 6-mile hike, but we felt like going further and ended up hiking about 9 miles. It was also the most challenging of the hikes we've had so far and we were fairly sore the day after. However, as the trail was close to the ocean, it was a beautiful hike with some great views.

Lower Sullivan Canyon Trail

This 'hike' was actually more like a nature walk.  It was pretty flat and more like walking through a tree-lined/canopied path.  It wasn't a much of a workout, but it was very pretty and nice to be surrounded by greenery and soothing nature sounds.

Upper Sullivan Canyon Trail

This part of Sullivan Canyon was definitely more challenging and an actual hike.  It even had some fun off-shoot trails that led us up some ridges, which required some scrambling to get down. It was a fun hike :)