Yesterdays hike was at Discovery Park. It was just three of us gals this time.
We hiked the Outback trail and then the Manzanita trail. This shot of the park is from the manzanita trail slightly above the park. In total we hiked a bit over 3 miles. Then we stopped off at the covered picnic area and had a lunch.
I admit I didn’t really do this park any photographic justice. To me it seemed separate from the hike we were looking at doing. But it really wasn’t and I think I realized that later when I processed the photos.
And you know when you are the photographer you have to come up with some creative ways to be in the picture.
We were enthralled with this sculpture about the coyote and the crow legend.
and this time Susan offered to take a photo so I could be in the shot.
A lot of the Outback trail is within several new and emerging neighborhoods, so I didn’t think to take photos. The hike is really about getting out and walking so not always do we have great views.
The part of the hike that I feel I really didn’t do justice to, was the mural about Women of Discovery. I tried to capture it with this collage but… Well I have to go back and try again.
It wasn’t really my focus, I thought it was pretty cool and loved the artwork. It wasn’t until we sat down in the covered picnic area and had our lunches, just talking about hiking, walking, getting out together, talking about health issues related to a sedentary lifestyle and aging. How we have overcome some of those issues because of the pool class we take, changing our diet or modifying how much we eat…. You know Women Stuff…. Aging Stuff… Social Stuff… Inclusion Stuff…. People Stuff…
At this point I kind of had an idea of how I thought I should take this blog as I started looking at the photos. Realizing that my mind set included this mural and I had not been able to do justice to it the way I felt is should have been photographed. I was all ready to hop back into the car and try and photograph it again, I had to stop and say Not today it is too late in the afternoon… Stop rushing around, do it tomorrow after the current pool class….
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