La Honda CreekOpen Space with Alice's Restaurant. 9mi 1860 ft elevation gain

This is a longer hike than our standard hike here. We will cover 9.2 miles with 1860 feet of elevation gain thus the 4 hours allotted.

MidPen has just opened some new trails in La Honda Creek Preserve that extend from the previously-open area near the town of La Honda almost up to Skyline. I've done this hike once & it was beautiful.
Starting from near La Honda, we'll head uphill to the new trails. The route is an out-and-back with a tiny lollipop at the top (actually to me it looks like an arrow with a crumpled shaft LOL).
route: Alltrails map https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/afternoon-hike-9ae1b3c

The parking lot is fairly small so carpooling strongly recommended. Arrange carpools: here

After the hike, let's go have lunch at everyone's favorite, Alice's Restaurant @17288 Skyline Blvd, Woodside , CA 94062, where you truly can get anything you want.
The IOPQ this week will be: When making decisions do you rely more on facts or feelings?

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