🌿Mini Vacation 🚗 Day 2 💕Lover's Point💘 Easy 🌊Ocean Hike🥾Coastal Trail💚

Hello Ocean lovers, Let's go for a mini vacation weekend getaway, Wellness Hike green exercise, meeting new friends from Lover's Point Pacific Grove, enjoy fresh ocean air, the Beautiful Ocean hike and Healing Sea for our physical health and mental well-being😇

🌊🥾 Mini Vacation Road Trip: Big Sur & Monterey Bay Adventure
📍 Day 2 – Sunday | Easy Morning + Ocean Views
Optional: Brunch Monterey: ☕🥞
We’ll start the day with brunch at Monterey — a local favorite known for amazing food, great service, and a relaxed vibe.
✅They’re happy to work with us on individual bills, so no awkward math before coffee 😄
✅Amazing food & great service
✅Individual bills available (no group check stress 😄)

Afternoon: Ocean Hike🌊🐚
After brunch, we’ll head to the ocean for a stunning coastal hike from Lover’s Point along the Pacific Grove Coastal Trail.
This is an easy, flat, and scenic ocean hike with nonstop views of waves, rocky shoreline, sea birds, and maybe even Seals, Sea lions or Otters if we’re lucky 🦦✨

We’ll keep a leisurely pace, enjoy the salty air, take photos, and fully embrace that “last day of vacation” feeling.
✨ Easy, social, and soul-refreshing
✨ Ocean views the entire way
✨ Perfect way to end the weekend
✨ Ocean coastal hike from Lover’s Point along the Pacific Grove Coastal Trail
✨ Easy, mostly flat, stunning ocean views the entire way
✨ Sea air, waves, birds, and pure coastal bliss

Where: Ocean Hike Pacific Grove Lover's Point💘
What: Ocean Hike + Nature Fun + Good Vibes Only! 🏞️
Get ready to:
✨ Breathe in that salty ocean air
✨ Snap some jaw-dropping photos
✨ Explore hidden coves and scenic trails
✨ Bring Smiles for Miles! Laugh, hike
✨Make good memories

🏨Hotel Optional: Stay overnight the day before for the fun, or join as a day trip – your choice! 🚗 Carpool or drive solo
🌙 Flexibility for Everyone
This weekend is designed to be easy and enjoyable:
✅ Join just both days road trip purple beach + waterfall, lover's point hike
✅ Stay overnight or return to the Bay Area the same day — your choice
✅ For overnight stays, please arrange your own accommodations hotel near Lover’s Point or the surrounding area. There are many good options nearby. If you decide to book a hotel, please make sure it offers free cancellation before the end of March, just in case of weather changes or unexpected circumstances.

💜 Mini Vacation Mode: ON💚
A few of us are making this a full coastal escape and staying Friday & Saturday night (April 3–4) two nights hotel in Pacific Grove/ Monterey area🌊✨
Optional: Bring your favorite board game! 🎲
Evening plan = cozy hotel lobby hangout, laughter, snacks, and relaxing after a beautiful Big Sur day. No pressure. No agenda. Just good vibes and good company. Because this isn’t just a hike…
It’s a mini vacation 🏖️

The Pacific Grove Coastal Trail Lover's Point is a scenic section of the Monterey Bay Coastal Recreation Trail leading to the beloved Lover's Point Park and Beach. This popular, paved waterfront trail offers stunning views of the coastline and opportunities for walking, running, and biking. Lover's Point itself is known for its picturesque views, sandy beach, park amenities, and as a prime spot for picnicking, water sports, and wildlife viewing, including sea otters.

💞Lovers Point Park and Beach🏖️
According to local legend, this park was originally called "Lovers of Jesus Point," back in the era when Pacific Grove was a Methodist retreat camp. Since the late 1800s, the beach at Lovers Point in Pacific Grove has been a popular spot.

⏰Meet 1:30pm and ⏰Hike time: 2pm
At Lovers Point Beach Cafe
WiFi and restrooms are available for YOU!
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
GPS: https://maps.app.goo.gl/g1HvsDZ8zqCHMoe68

Length: 5-6 miles
Route: Out and Back
Parking: Free
Elevation: 300 ft
Hiking time: 2.5-3 hours
Level: Easy
Dogs: No!
No Shade
View: Amazing Beautiful

🎒 What to Bring
Good vibes only 🌿✨
Bring Smiles for Miles😁Water, Snacks, Sunscreens
Wear Hiking shoes,
Near Ocean can be windy and/or foggy, so wear layers
Kindness for our group💛

Encouraging carpooling if you know each other well for everyone's safety. Please contact each other in private message not in the message board. Thank you! https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/uzpn5k

Optional dinner after hiking dinner TBD coming soon...

💚 Contribution this weekend road trip
To support planning, organization, and event coordination, a $10 contribution per day is kindly requested.
Thank you so much for helping keep our group active and enjoyable for everyone.

*Requested contribution suggested amount $10-$20 to keep the club going!
​*Note: Thanks for joining our wellness club event, it does take time and money to make it happen. To support/keep our group alive and active, You can help! Dr.Heidi kindly asks for a contribution, accept in person.
Your contribution will help us cover our costs and make our Meetups going even better. Thank you for being prepared and supportive 🌿

Our meetup events have a very positive impact on people's lives, people meet, fall in love💘 meet new friends, HAPPY, better health, less stress, anxiety, depression, isolate being alone and got extra bonus for LOVE ​💞

⚠️ Please Read Before Joining:
These hikes and group dinners are hosted voluntarily and with love for the outdoors and community. Participation is completely voluntary, and everyone joins at their own risk and responsibility.

👉 We kindly ask you to review the event details carefully — including directions, trail descriptions, and dinner spots — before joining.
Trails are part of nature and may not match everyone’s preferences. Dinner venues are selected based on group size, availability, and location. We do our best but can’t guarantee personal favorites.

🧡 Most importantly, come with an open heart, positive energy, and kindness. Let’s enjoy what we can control — good company, fresh air, and meaningful connections.

*DO NOT ATTEND if you're experiencing any cold or flu symptoms, have a compromised immune system.

*Hike at YOUR OWN RISK. Open trails aren't necessarily free of hazards--by entering the wilderness, you assume responsibility for your safety and must use good judgment.

*Participation in this event is strictly voluntary! The event host/organizer assumes no responsibility for any injury, damage, or loss you may incur. You join and hike entirely at your own risk.

*LIABILITY WAIVER: By signing up for the wellness walking/hiking event, you hereby release its organizers, hosts, and participants from any and all liability, claims, demands or causes of action that you now have, or may have in the future, for illness, injuries, damages, and/or economic loss of any kind or nature, arising in whole or in part out of the activities, advice, or information contained herein. You agree to full responsibility for your own health issues.

*DISCLAIMER: By participating in this wellness hiking event, you understand that Meetup event Host/Organizer assumes ABSOLUTELY NO responsibility and you have to assume all at your own risk of injury, damage, and economic loss, without limitation, and release host/Organizer of all liability.

*We are an intermediate hike group. Please be ready to keep up hiking with us from 5-8 miles without any health issues.

If anyone wishes to join our hike team, please answer the RSVP question every time for everyone's safety in the group. If you are unable to send me a message confirming that you are in good health and you are able to hike 5-8 miles without health issues we CANNOT approve you come to the hiking event.
*Please don't just walk in. Thank you for your cooperation!

I'm looking forward to meeting, hiking with you and making good memories together.
Yours in good health! Dr. Heidi💝

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