Peak 1,175ft P300

May 27, 2018

With: Jackie Burd

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Over the river and through the woods...

We had finally made it to Gramma's house in Rancho Bernardo, meeting up with Mom, who had flown down here to ref a volleyball tournament in San Diego this weekend. While Mom was off working, we spent some time with grammy before heading out in the afternoon, a ten minutes' drive to the San Dieguito River for a hike along the Mule Hill Trail. The trail doesn't actually go to Mule Hill (that is another hike altogether), but it does follow along the river channel for quite a few miles as part of the longer Sea to Crest Trail. There is little water flowing in the river in late May, but it is still picturesque. Starting from the western trailhead adjacent to Interstate 15, we hiked about 4mi along the ultra-flat trail for about 4mi until we were west of Peak 1,175ft, my target for the outing. Along the way, Jackie and I had long discussions, mostly her contemplating an almost unknowable future of getting married and having children of her own, topics I hardly think about these days, all good fun. The trail is scenic though a bit warm this afternoon, with meadows growing in the lower flood plains and something called an "agriculture reserve" on the upper plains - I think this is basically plots devoted to agricultural use that see periodic flooding, perhaps property half-owned by the state or some similar arrangement. When we got to the base of the hill, Jackie showed little interest in the cross-country jaunt up to the summit - she'd had enough of pulling stickers from her socks the previous two days, deciding instead to wait for me on a nice shady bench we'd passed by only a few minutes earlier. I spent the next 45min making my way up to the summit and back. I had gotten the impression from two short TRs on PB that the route would be brushy, but I found it only mildly so. Lots of tall grass, some granite rocks to clamber over, a few bushes to push aside, but no real bushwhacking. The summit overlooks the river channel that flows around the hill, the San Pasqual Valley to the northeast and the San Bernardo Valley to the west. I found no register among the summit rocks and left none before heading back down. I found Jackie half-napping on the bench along the trail when I returned. She commented that several folks had come by and found her talking to herself. She may earn a reputation as the Crazy Girl of San Dieguito River. We returned to the TH before 4p, having taken about three and a quarter hours for the outing, about 9.5mi all told. Nice, easy way to spend a Sunday afternoon...

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