Hiking in San Francisco

Another beautiful weekend another awesome urban hike. Tim wanted to go a bit farther on the hike we went on last weekend so we packed a backpack this time for the 8-mile hike ahead of us. Even though this was an urban hike and we wouldn't be too far from...anything, we thought it would be a good idea to take some water and snacks. Once I get hungry it's all downhill and I become the grouchiest person ever.

Tim learned from last week's hike that I need to get food into me before we start because once my energy gets low, it's no bueno. So we filled up on Chinese pastries and were off. Man, that made the difference because I was going fast this week. We did our 8-mile hike in the same time it took us to do last week's 4-mile hike.

We started on the same path and took the coastal trail but then kept going down to Ocean Beach. Once we hit Ocean Beach we took a left and walked through the Golden Gate Park. We are so tremendously lucky to be living in the city. We have the best of being close to the water, the parks and of course cheap dim sum. It doesn't get any better than that.

Looking at the map we started 3 blocks east of Park Presidio on Lake and then walked to Lincoln Park and Land's End. Then we headed south passing the Sutro Baths and Cliff House. The picture of Tim above is just before we hit Cliff House (restaurant for casual and formal dining). Awesome retro building. Once we hit Golden Gate Park we just walked northeast until we got home.

So easy, so nice, and good exercise. We love San Francisco!