We met some friends Dawn and Bill Schneider, who also have two kids, and drove into the Angeles National Forest for some hiking, running, and a picnic. The hike was up to the Vetter Lookout Tower which was originally a forest fire lookout. There is a small white lookout house at the top (5908 ft) with a great 360 degree view of the area. It felt like a much higher elevation than it was. The hike was 1.5 miles each way and Andi and I carried the boys up most of the way (Matt was pretty tired from his cousin Luke's first birthday party the day before). There is a nice trail map online here.
After the hike we drove further to the Chilao Campground where Bill and I did somewhere between 4-5 miles of trail running, the first mile was all switchbacks, probably a little too much for me right now but I made it.
Finally, we had an early picnic dinner of burgers and hot dogs and drove home. It was a fun family trip.
I plan on getting back into my 4 day per week running schedule this week.
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if you need me to send out a Cubs hate for your son to wear it wouldn't be a problem. The Twins...come on now!
I actually looked at so-cal, but since they are cutting so many education jobs I kinda backed off.
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