Been awhile since going hiking in the Santa Monica mountains. I suppose the poison ivy and ticks kept me away. So, this hike was to see if I could properly plan. So the goals were: no ticks; no poison ivy; will this be a good time?This is a late entry since I did this hike 2 weeks ago Saturday. That makes it around the first weekend in October (or so). By this time of the year, the morning fog is normally non-existant. Well, not this time. Nice and foggy on the drive down PCH. Nice and foggy checking in with the parking attendant. But, not as foggy as to no allow GPS from working. So, once parked, I sprayed 1/2 bottle of insect repellent from my waist down. Got two bottles of water, made sure I had the GPS up and running, and off I went.
Suppose normal Santa Monica mountain hiking landscape is all about the same. Well used dirt trails, sticky bushes, steep climb's, and in this case fog. Rather than labor through and describe a hike that produced relatively nothing, these are the highlights. The fog cleared around 800-900 foot level, at about the 1800 foot level, I turned around and headed back down.
Once down the hill, checked for ticks - none. No poison oak along the trail, that was a good thing. Was it a good time? It was ok.
