Hikefest Day 2. The most iconic summit in the San Luis Obispo area is 1,559′ Bishop Peak, its 2-mile trail to the top being very popular with local residents and students at nearby Cal Poly SLO. We had wanted to hike this peak for some time, and, feeling emboldened by our ascent of Cerro…
Hikefest Day 1. Each November, we spend the ten or so days before Thanksgiving at our trailer in Pismo Beach, and this particular visit we decided to spend the majority of our time hiking (what we call today the “hikefest”). We had bought a couple of books on hikes in the Central Coast area,…
Having visited Montana de Oro State Park to hike Valencia Peak a few weeks earlier, we decided to explore other trails in the area on our next weekend trip to Pismo Beach down the coast. That Saturday, Jane’s Aunt Bev and Uncle Gary picked us up at our trailer, and the four of us…