We spent most of the afternoon hiking today. I had meant to get an early start on hiking, but overslept, oops. But I don’t feel too guilty for it because Sundays are for oversleeping and I actually did more today than I usually do on Sundays.

We went up to the Santa Anita range and hiked for a few miles to Sturtevant Falls. It was an overcast and cool day, which for me is the perfect time for hiking. Not too hot, and not too sunny. Other people thought so too because we met tons of people on the trail. We also so a lot of dogs. People are so friendly on the trails. Almost everyone we passed said hi. I was happy to see so many families with small kids walking around; it made me think of when I was younger and my dad used to take my cousins and me hiking in the same mountains.

I hate little yappy dogs, but I’m glad that I did see some yappy dogs walking on a leash on the trail. Even though they’re small and some people get them as accessories, they still deserve to do dog-like things like run around dirt, pee on trees, and go on hikes.

This was the first time I’ve taken my dog on a real hike. He seemed to like it, but he was pooped afterward; he’s not used to so much exercise in one day.

On the way back, we saw several forest ranger trucks drive by as well as a medical helicopter flying above. A hiker got stranded somewhere, so they had to come get him out. I wonder how he got stranded. I assumed that if you were hiking alone and you get stranded, you’re SOL because cell-phone reception is so bad in the mountains, but I guess there are call-boxes scattered everywhere that has a line to 911. That’s what one of the forest rangers said when I asked how they were contacted.

Even though I took my film camera, I didn’t take that many pictures with it. I did snap a couple shots with my d40 though. (pics here)