It was a bit of a shock to wake up to grey skies this morning but by the time we had finished breakfast and pulled ourselves together the sun was already beginning to burn through the cloud.
We made the short drive across to the Santa Teresa Country Park where we had planned to run today. As usual we drove into the trail head parking area, saw that it was $6 to park, turned around and drove quarter of a mile up the road to a free lay by. From here we could trot down the trail to the trail head, use the loo and pick up a trail map for nothing.......
The park was hillier than we had hoped for but we did a great 6.5 mile circuit keeping to the edge as much as possible and taking in the great views down to the attractive Santa Teresa golf course and the valley of concrete and freeways beyond. There were some pretty good photo opportunities but we had both left our phones behind so this is the blog report with no pictures. The park had the advantage of being very quiet despite being mid Sunday morning and we only met a few walkers and absolutely no mountain lions despite the warning signs. We hope to return again on a future weekend and do another longer and more challenging run in this beautiful area.
We headed back to Erica Court for lunch and then Sherry took us to Kohl's where I was hoping to get a new pair of shorts to replace the ones I have been wearing, which are pretty much see through on the behind due to far too much cycling. I found two pairs, one pair denim, one pair cream cotton, both in the 70% sale....total price with taxes $13.05. What a deal! I managed to resist the temptation to buy anything else that I didn't need just because I'd got such a fantastic bargain.
In the evening we went to Pacific Catch a fantastic fish restaurant in Campbell with Sherry and Rich. Out of all the delicious meals we have consumed this visit, my Hawaiian Teriyaki was definitely the best so far and they also had my all time favourite beer - Lost Coast Tangerine Wheat beer from Eureka, and then to complete a perfect evening there was a Trader Joe's next door (open until 9pm on Sunday evening - gotta love America!) where we could stock up on camping food essentials ready for our forthcoming trip to Yosemite.
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