And the hiking continues

It has been awhile since I've updated my blog, but I'm still here and still training.

Two weekends ago I spent a lovely extended weekend in Sonoma county and wasn't able to participate in the Team hike at Windy Hill, but I still got out there (even after a day of wine tasting). Byron, my boyfriend, and I hiked in Jack London State Park. We did about a 6 mile hike that day up a ridge overlooking wine country. The trail was mostly wooded and at one point came to a beautiful overgrown lake and then moved on to an old orchard. I highly recommend checking out this park if you are ever up in Sonoma County and are looking for something to do other than wine tasting.

This weekend was a do-it-yourself hike. So, instead of getting up to be on the trail at 8am on Saturday, Chryssa and I opted to hike on Sunday instead. That a very happy Melissa did make. I was actually able to squeeze in two pilates classes on Saturday, another part of my personal training.

Sunday was quite the adventure, we opted to hike in Marin since Chryssa and her husband, Mike, had never really been hiking there. We chose a hike in the Marin headlands that none of us had ever done and due to our inability to read the map properly ended up doing what we think was a 7 mile hike. We turned left where we should have turned right, which made for a longer hike, but the bonus was that we discovered a lovely little place to have lunch with an amazing view of the bay.

This week, I continue my gym and pilates schedule and then we hike Sanburn on Saturday as a team. So, back to the 8am hike time. Fundraising is going well. I'm officially up to $765 in donations and have another bake sale scheduled for April 13th (my birthday).

Well that's all on the hiking front. Here's hoping that you can make a donation to this great cause.

You can follow the link http://pages.teamintraining.org/sj/Yosemit109/mthompscsp or send a check made out to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to:

Melissa Thompson
579 Texas Street
San Francisco, CA 94107