Beach Hike

Today we got out of the house and area and headed to Dana Point. We haven't hiked since Kaui (2 months ago) and even longer since we have done it with the boys- we changed that today!

A favorite hike of Dan's is to start at Dana Point Harbor (by Ocean Institute) and climb rock around the point to Strands beach. Our goal was to do it at low tide- we made it most of the way, but had some pretty tricky spots where we had to get wet and do some serious rock climbing.

After we safely made it around the point we were greeted by the lifeguard saying that the rocks were closed (no kidding). We assured her we were NOT going back the same way. Instead we headed up to the top of the cliff and walked along the cliff trail on top back to the harbor.

 Cave boys

 Some harrowing places along the coast

 Walking the trail along the top of Dana Point

 Beautiful Dana Point Harbor

It felt so good to have the energy to do this with my family. As Dan said, it wouldn't be an adventure if it weren't a little bit scary. Well, this was definitely an ADVENTURE!!