Backup Plan

The best laid plans ... sometimes go poof!

Look in the mirror. Don't take the efforts of your fellow hikers so much for granted. Step up. Even though you biked 50+ miles yesterday. (Different muscles.)

My comrades have been hiking all over the Bay Area, regularly, for years. Proposing an alternative that's not already familiar to me felt unwise.

Mt. Um to the rescue!

There would be views, there would be flowers and butterflies and lizards and The Cube.

There would be few people. [All good.]

A little over seven miles and 1,000 feet of elevation gain (give or take), plus good stories shared along the way.