Don't Look Back

So close, but yet so far. Getting to the El Sereno Preserve can be a challenge—access to the Aquinas Trail, for example, is at the end of a private road. We carpooled to a small clearing at the base of the road and walked up. Call it part of the hike.

It was easy to imagine that we were far from civilization as we climbed toward the sky. One glance over your shoulder confirmed otherwise, however.

But we had left the hustle and haze of Silicon Valley well below us. We made it not quite to the end of the trail before turning back; high enough to take in a view of the Lexington Reservoir, replenished by our rainy winter.

In all, we covered something short of 8 miles. It was a good day for this hike (before the heat of summer). A day to embrace new horizons.