Deer Valley Loop Take 3

I had Friday off so I thought it was a good idea to hike off the turkey dinner I had last night.

Sostomo Trail was again the target and the Deer Valley Loop that we never reached last time.

A few months ago when we did this hike it was super hot, today was nice and chill!


We made it to the loop!
Snack break at the top before the descend started.
View over the Santa Monica Bay
Malibu

Thanksgiving

We were invited to spend Thanksgiving evening in Hacienda Heights. On the way there, we saw snow!

I’m thankful for my friends!


A long list of things to do for Thanksgiving dinner!

Cooking the turkey is one of them.

Let’s eat!

Painting the Trees, Part 2

Another set of trees are to be cut down on my friends street, so we were there to make sure they go to heaven in style!

It was definitely a holiday theme going on this time around!



Escondido Canyon Trail

It was really a perfect day for hiking today, sun was shining, but it was not so hot! Fall hikes are the best!

It started out as an easy hike with not a lot of elevation gain, and the lush trees helped us stay away from the sun.

It didnt take us very long before we reached the waterfall, there’s probably more water during the winter and spring…

Water and snack break!
Once we found the waterfall, it started to get a lot trickier, with a narrow and steep path, a little bit of a challenge.

Yup, it got pretty steep after a while!

We could have hiked all the way up there,

but everyone was not comfortable with it, so we went back down instead and decided to go back one day without telling anyone…

Detours are fun!

The last stretch before heading for our lunch stop for the day where we probably ate twice as much calories than we burned during the hike.

Fabric Shopping

We went to the fabric store to buy materials to make curtains. Once we got there we realized that maybe we should have a plan for what we want before we buy the fabric… The store was however cool, and I’m thinking curtains in jeans fabric. I think that’d look cool!

Hello Kitty and pals celebrate 50 years!

I never been a huge Hello Kitty fan, but Sanrio is having a week long party at the Santa Monica airport for their 50th anniversary. Martin Hsu was asked to make a painting for the gallery, so we had to check it out!

A bunch of other artists were also asked to do paintings, here are some of the ones that I liked the most:

There were a lot of fun stuff to do, I wanted to try the miniature golf, but there were no time for it, maybe next time…