Hiking Mission Peak

Is Hiking completely new to me? Not completely. I use to take over 3000 steps and covering little over 8 Miles to the reach out the famous temple of Tirumala. Well i shouldn't call it hiking because the better terminology is pilgrim walk.

Alright, last week end i joined 2 other friends Phani and Chandu to reach out the peak of Mission Peak regional preserve. Being Sunday, parking lot was occupied and extra mile is added as we parked our vehicle little away from parking lot.

Coming to Mission Peak, A steeply curved mountain about less than 3 miles. Weather was cloudy and encouraging. We started moving through the grassy hills. All you can see is green hills, cattle and few hikers (with their pets). So you will be rewarded only with a view of bay area and few lost calories when you reach peak. It was warmer till the end of second mile. As we started approaching peak, wind started hitting us hard and our hands almost paralyzed. We soon decided to head back down. we completed 2 water bottles and less than 10 snaps by now. We took 150 minutes to reach the peak. The path was steady many times making it little easier to beginner. Our return didn't take much time. We made it in 30 minutes completing our 6 miles trip in 3 Hours.

Altogether it was a good trip with a good view of Bay area, Green hills and Cattle.