Labour Day Weekend

Friday evening we got some take-out from Panera Bread and went down to the beach for a picnic supper. We arrived in time to see the sunset. It was very nice.

Didn't do much on Sabbath or Sunday, just swimming, sunning and some shopping.
We went for a hike on Monday in Solstice Canyon. We had intended to get there to hike in the morning but, well, we're not really morning people and by the time we battled traffic it was noon before we started the hike. (Doesn't the rock in the picture on the right (above) look like a hawk?)

We decided to take the moderate-rated Rising Sun Trail in to the waterfalls. My goodness, was it ever hot. The moderate trail took us up the side of the canyon (which the map didn't indicate) and then back down again (the up seemed a lot longer). The sun was just beating down on us. There were no tall trees on the hill to provide shade and there was only a slight breeze. We could feel the heat bouncing back off the ground onto our legs. It was like an oven. Lindsay nearly died (note veins in forehead on picture above).

When we got to the waterfall we sat on a rock by the stream and dipped our tired feet while eating lunch. While we were sitting there, we noticed a snake slithering in the rocks not too far away. At first we thought it was a Coral Snake, which is poisonous, but we looked it up when we got home and found out that it was just a California Mountain King Snake, which isn't poisonous. We have pictures, but didn't post them to save Lindsay's mom's heart.

When we were done eating and had exhausted the photo opportunities in the area we headed back to the car - this time taking the easy (paved and shaded) path.
Along the way, we came across a tree that had a colony of bee's living in it. It reminded us of Pooh's honey tree.

Just a note: If you click on the pictures you can see larger versions of them.