July 14, 2024 - Valley Vista!
From the summit of the Valley Vista Trail looking out to the Capay Valley and the Sacramento Valley over the next ridge.
It's been a few days since I posted, but I haven't stopped training. I went back to Peña Adobe, Vacaville, for a few more laps up the mountain, I went for a jog to the Davis Farmers Market, I rode a stationary bike for an hour or so, and today I Hiked the Valley Vista Trail.
Current running totals since July 1:
Distance: 65 miles (105 Km)
Ascent: 9,474 ft. (2,887 m)
Distance: 65 miles (105 Km)
Ascent: 9,474 ft. (2,887 m)
It's still hot, but not unbearable when I go out in the morning and carry lots of water & Gatorade.
If you're sweating a lot and you are on a ridge with a little breeze, it can actually get some nice cooling. Valley Vista is about an hour's drive from me. It lives up to it's name in several ways. When you get up a ways you get a beautiful view of the Capay Valley in northwestern Yolo County, with Cache Creek running through it. When you get higher, however, you can see all the way over to the Sacramento Valley with the Sutter Buttes in the middle.
The only people I saw today were three guys from CalFire on a training and recon hike. They left their fire engine down at the road and were in full firefighting gear, with helmets, radios, McLeods, etc. There was plenty of very dry grass and poison oak, but lots of other wonderful things to see too. Tuleyome has done a lot of work on this trail and it's really good in some places. Trails need maintenance, however, and it doesn't take long for plants grow into the trail to the point where they need to be cut back. Much of the maintenance can be done by volunteers, but the coordination is done by paid staff. Some money to help pay for that staff is what I hope to raise here.
The only people I saw today were three guys from CalFire on a training and recon hike. They left their fire engine down at the road and were in full firefighting gear, with helmets, radios, McLeods, etc. There was plenty of very dry grass and poison oak, but lots of other wonderful things to see too. Tuleyome has done a lot of work on this trail and it's really good in some places. Trails need maintenance, however, and it doesn't take long for plants grow into the trail to the point where they need to be cut back. Much of the maintenance can be done by volunteers, but the coordination is done by paid staff. Some money to help pay for that staff is what I hope to raise here.
I wear a fitness watch (Garmin Forerunner 245) which tracks my hikes. Here is today's hike.
Capay Valley and Cache Creek
The down side of hiking in dry grass.
Just because I think it's funny... This is an elevation chart of my hike at Pena Adobe on July 11. Up and down 3 times.
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