Saturday, June 14, 2008

Castle Rock

Today I went hiking at Castle Rock. It's a really beautiful area in the mountains close to Saratoga. Castle Rock State Park is a popular place for rock climbers and boulderers. There are plenty of places to boulder and you'll find many people doing just that on a Saturday morning. I went there with my buddy Chris, and we actually managed to climb up on top of Castle Rock. It was a pretty decent climb, that took a little bit of technique. We also hiked around the park for a bit after we were done climbing on rocks. 

Here are some pictures from an outlook that we hiked to:

Somewhere over those mountains is the Pacific Ocean

My buddy Chris Green taking pictures with his camera phone

The bottom of the rock, we climbed up from down there




Amazingly, this beautiful area is a pretty short drive from my house.  I love where I live, cause I'm right next to the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains.  Anyone who come visits me can be treated to a scenic tour if they so desire.

2 comments:

Katie said...

Wow, that does look really cool. We'll have to come and visit you and you can take Ryan and I climbing.

Karen C. said...

I'm bored of Castle Rock... I know you have done other fun things. I think its time for you to update your blog. I just want to see more pictures of you because I miss you so much. Why do you have to live so far away??