I think I can...

Saturday was more of a low-key day... There were hurricane strength winds blowing through the city at 95 mph so after Nina, Kate and I almost got blown away buying groceries down the street, we opted to have a movie day. We watched Grizzly Man. I had already seen it and had warned them that the guy in the documentary was a nut-job, but we watched it anyway... Our lights were flickering throughout the night because of the wind, but the next day the winds had died down and it was just as gorgeous as Friday. The perfect day for a hike. A few of my friends went the day before and promised to lead the way once again on Sunday... Let's just say I did not know what I was in for.

The guys had found some hill off the map that started up from a construction site. They had planned to find a better way up today with us girls trailing behind them. After scurrying up an irrigation tube, I started to realize this wasn't going to be any ordinary hike. We were making our way along trails made by donkeys. At one point we came across a barbed wire fence and one kid in our group thought that if he hopped it he could find a better route. Well that was a good idea, until he almost pulled down a powerline and took out half the city's electricity and almost got attacked by a very territorial donkey. The guys then decided it would be a better idea to climb up the practically 90º hill we were standing at the bottom of. That was all good and fine until I had to start clawing at tufts of grass to keep going up. All of us finally made it up... barely. But that wasn't even the top, we had more to go.

Clawing up the last bit of "Donkey Hill"

We finally found our way to a recreational area that definitely had a normal trail leading up to it from another direction, but the view was breathtaking. Definitely made the huffing and puffing worth it in the end. Santi had packed some snacks, so we took a little breather and just when we thought we were going to head back down we found a trail that took us even higher. Then we were really at the top. You could see everything. Even the ocean. It was amazing. I have no idea how we even came across it, heck I don't even know the name of the mountain I was on top of, but the view was not something you get to see everyday. Heading back down was a lot easier and Nina, Kate and I agreed we would do another hike, but we are going to look for trails next time.