It's hard not to be active when you're in Santa Cruz mountains. I travelled from San Diego to San Jose this weekend to visit my boyfriend, who happens to live across the street from an open space preserve and down the street from Castle Rock State Park. This is the view that becons to him daily:
What impressed most me was that skyline drive, a narrow, winding mountain road, with little-to-no shoulder was packed with cyclists. Not the perfectly manicured cyclists you see in southern california, but average Joes wearing cotton Ts just looking for a workout in the gorgeous outdoors. Cars lined the pull-outs and hikers, bikers and explorers crowded the trails in the open space preserve the entire weekend. I opted for a casual hike so I could take it all in:
We spent Saturday morning in the mountains, then headed into San Francisco for a taste of the city--hitting up Millennium Restaurant for some gourmet vegetarian cuisine and then Orpheum Theater to see Avenue Q.
All in all, San Francisco / San Jose turned out to be a great destination to get active in the outdoors!