So we had a fairly active weekend, interspersed with lots of good naps. On Saturday we took a nice bike ride along the Santa Ana River before going car shopping later in the day.
This morning we got up late and headed out to Cleveland National Forest and the Holy Jim Trail. According to internet sources, "Nature was profaned here by the swear words flooding from the mouth of "Cussin' Jim" Smith or "Holy Jim" as he was renamed by tightlaced government surveyors who mapped the canyon in the early 1900s. Another bit of history marks the place: the last wild California Grizzly -- an old bear named "the honey thief" -- was killed at the mouth of Trabuco Canyon after robbing beehives here in 1907."
This is one of my favorite hikes here in Orange County because it's in a shaded valley with a nice stream running down the middle. We've had lots of rain lately so the stream was especially high.
Water dog.
This morning we got up late and headed out to Cleveland National Forest and the Holy Jim Trail. According to internet sources, "Nature was profaned here by the swear words flooding from the mouth of "Cussin' Jim" Smith or "Holy Jim" as he was renamed by tightlaced government surveyors who mapped the canyon in the early 1900s. Another bit of history marks the place: the last wild California Grizzly -- an old bear named "the honey thief" -- was killed at the mouth of Trabuco Canyon after robbing beehives here in 1907."
This is one of my favorite hikes here in Orange County because it's in a shaded valley with a nice stream running down the middle. We've had lots of rain lately so the stream was especially high.