Sam and I went on a morning run in Pinnacles on Sat. The proposed route looked nice on paper. A big 15 mile loop on trails up to S. Chalone and N. Chalone peak. Plus we also heard that there is a nesting pair of California Condors on N. Chalone...
But the situation changed quite dramatically when the trail fizzled to nothing at mile 2 and we had to bushwack/walk up the creek for a mile or so. Then we realized that the very straight trail turned out to be the barbed wire fence marking the boundary of the national park. So the first 6 miles took 2 hours. An hour or so behind schedule... and we didn't have time to mess around and look for the birdies... but all in all an adventure. And we caught a beautiful sunrise, and had a great run on the second half.
From Sam's watch...
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