It has clearly been too long since I've written... not that we have not been out and about but just have not had time.  I did a bike ride this past Saturday up to the Water Pump off Tenaja and found this trail head... looked like a great hike... so for Memorial Day, we set off.

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Hiked Monserate Mountain today.  We left Temecula in nice sunshine looking forward to a nice sunny day on the trail.  After crossing Rainbow, we descended into a low hanging cloud that dropped visibility to about 1/2 mile!  As we continued to the trail head, the temperature continued to drop to the low 50's.  We had a good hike, but cloud cover blanked the mountain the entire time.  I guess the big draw for this hike a nice view once you summit 1567 foot high point on the mountain... but for us, all we saw was misty cloud cover racing up the side of the mountain and chilling us to the bone.

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The hike took us about 2 hours to complete the 3.8 mile round trip.

Connor's favorite teacher, Mrs. Badger, selected him for the 'Bobcat Pride Award".  He was invited to a special lunch with the teachers in recognition for his award.

Ended up going for a 5.5 mile hike around the Santa Rosa Plateau today... beatuiful day, mid 60' warm in the sun... Connor and Mitch had a great time.  The recent rain made the air fresh and clean and the soil damp and dustless.  We didn't see too many people on the trail.  I was hoping there might be some water in the vernal pools, but it was just mud.  I can't wait to come back in early spring to see the pools full!

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