Hiking to Horsetail Falls

I haven't been hiking in a while, so Horsetails Falls was a good experience to get out of my regularly work schedule and stress. I found out about Horsetail Falls through Xeng. We were initially going to go to Fairy Falls, but Xeng heard it was haunted, so she suggested we go to Horsetail Falls instead. Despite my busy schedule and only getting two hours of sleep, I managed to drive us to Twin Peaks this morning as the sun was rising. I'm glad that I had a cup of tea in hand for whenever I felt exhausted. I hated how the sun was so bright at certain points though.

I was so glad that I didn't have to drive through the cliff area this time around. That is definitely one thing I always hate about going to Lake Tahoe. I'm also glad that there was a parking lot. But, it did cost us $5.00 for parking. As we walked towards the trail, we noticed that there were bathrooms there, but they really stunk, so it doesn't seem that it's cleaned often. It was nice that the trail signs were noticeable and right off the parking lot.

The hike didn't start off to hard. We walked for a few minutes and reached the first waterfall. It was a tiny waterfall, but it was nice to see water so soon.

After walking for a few more minutes after the first tiny hike, we saw an even bigger waterfall. I was surprised by the amount of water. But, I think there's more water during other seasons.

Me and Xeng decided to walk further to look for a bigger and more special waterfall. One our way there, we spotted another waterfall. I really that the water there was so clear. I couldn't help, but touch it.

As we kept walking further, we noticed that there was hiking sign on trees that told us which direction to go. I thought that was very helpful. However, there would be times when we would walk and there would be no sign around. Me and Xeng didn't see anyone on the trail until we made our way back, which we thought was weird. We kept on walking, but we didn't know if she should go further or not because the map that we found said that we were 0.5 miles away from Horsetails Falls, but we believed we walked past that and didn't see it.

We didn't end up seeing some of the sights that we posted on some sites. However, me and Xeng both and agreed that we wouldn't mind doing the hike again and looking for it. This is one of the hikes that I really enjoyed. I would go to it again and again. And, I don't say that to many hikes that I've done before.

I loved the views that we saw. It was so nice. I'm going to keep this hike on my list of hikes to do in the distant future. Until then, I hope to experience great hikes like this one.

Lands End Trail & Brief Trip around San Francisco

I made a trip to San Francisco a few weeks ago because I wanted to go somewhere before things got to busy for me.
I just started school for the semester and didn't have any tests or major homework assignments yet.

I been to San Francisco before, but there's still so much more I wanted to do and don't know about yet. My friend who came also hasn't explored much of San Francisco yet.

For the day, me and my friend went to eat dim sum at Good luck Dim Sum. It was a cheap restaurant that you can go and check off which dim sum you want and all of the food is already cooked. I heard the pork buns there was good and I had my friend tried it and he loved it. I also tried a bun with meat in it and I don't think I had it anywhere else. Our total was about $11.00 and we had about 4 different items. Great deal. I definitely would go back and wish there was a place like that in Sacramento.

After eating, we headed to Purple Kow. It was about a 15 minute drive. I never liked driving in San Francisco because of all the hills and places that I have to stop. When we arrived I parked in the usual spot that I go to when I'm around the area. About 15 minutes in, I realized I wasn't supposed to park there because they did street cleaning on those days and around that time. Luckily, I moved my car and didn't get a ticket.

I had my friend order one of the boba drinks. He really liked it. He usually doesn't like boba drinks because he think most of the places are bitter, but he liked Purplekow and he said he would go back.

After Purplekow, we headed to Japantown. My friend looked at knives, but decided not to get it.  I really wanted my friend to get something from there, but he didn't seem interested in getting anything. We did have the karrage chicken, which he thought was delicious. When we were about to leave, we walked around one of the shops at Japantown and my friend finally found something he liked. He found the small music boxes that plays classical music from artists like Beethoven. I thought that was a great item and got one myself too.

I havent been to Land's End before, but decided to go after Japantown. I was surprised that you can see the beach right from the parking lot. But, getting to the beach from the parking lot was a bit harder than it looked since you had to go down the stairs and walk on the decayed remains of Sutro baths.

We decided to head to Eagle's point first, which was one of the farthest destinations from Sutro baths. It wasn't too far in distance though. While trying to find Eagle's Point, we had some good views of the Golden Gate Bridge. I prefer views of the bridge from afar because I think it looks better farther away. I seen the bridge up close and drove on it and it's not as appealing to me up close.

I was happy that it was sunny enough for us to get a good view of the Golden Gate bridge. I noticed that it was started to get foggy and that clouds were blowing towards us. We ended up at the end of the trail, but there was not Eagle's Point. We somehow passed i, so we turned back. Luckily, it wasn't a long way back. We realized that we were suppose to take the stairs down to Eagle Point, rather than up the stairs on the right.

I realized we made it to Eagle's Point when we had a good view of the beach. When we got there, we noticed that there was a small statute near the end of the mountain. I also noticed the circle of rocks where a lot of people I knew had there pictures taken.

It was very foggy and windy. The fog that I saw earlier had finally reached where we were. Nonetheless, it was still a good view.

I hope to visit Land's End again. Hopefully, it won't be foggy and windy next time around. Also, I hope to do more things I haven't done there. Until next time, SF!

Getting things off my mind

The beginning of this month started off pretty rough. So much happened, but I'm only going to detail a few aspects of it.

First off, I finished watching a television series that's posted on Netflix called "Ally McBeal". It was sad for me because I rarely watch any t.v. show on actual television or on my computer. Not only that, but also when I grow attached to something and its ending then there's nothing else to look forward to down the road. That's why I try not to finish any series. I'm pretty sure one of the reasons why it sadden me was that its second to last episode was highly depressing to me. It was the episode where the lady wants to file for a divorce, but her original ego doesn't want a divorce. I find it sad because the ending of that episode was sad. Then, after that comes the series finale. Ally leaves the law firm and doesn't end up with any guy at all, not even Larry or Billy, both of whom she loved very much and lost.

Small bumps started to appear on my arm again, but luckily it looks like its going away again. Hope it doesn't appear back again. My eczema on my hand hasn't appeared for a few months. Well, there are a few bumps here and there, but no where near how bad it was last year. Last year, my eczema was so bad that my right hand was bright pink and bumpy. It was very hard not to want to scratch it. When I did scratch it felt incredibly good for the first few minutes and I immediately regretted again afterwards.

I originally planned for a Lake Tahoe trip overnight on August 14th, but I decided to cancel it. The timing wasn't right :(. I been wanting to go again, so I can enjoy ice cream there and play on the beach, but haven't been back this summer.

I don't know why, but I felt that there may not have been a solution to my problem, but at least I can try to escape, which led me to make some solo trips. I made trips to the Arboretum in Davis, Stone Lake National Wildlife Refuge, and Sly Park.

I haven't been to the Arboretum in a while, so it felt nice to walking around and embrace the beauty, wildlife and nature of the Arboretum. While I was walking, I noticed a young boy feed the ducks and I later walked back there and I couldn't believe my eyes. I saw two rats (one black & one grey), a bird, and ducks all together in the same place. I thought it was a unique sighting. I'm pretty the rats noticed me, but they continued eating or looking for food and didn't run away. I didn't take closer photos because I was scared of going any closer to the rats.

The next day, I made a trip to Stone Lake National Wildlife Refuge. I never heard of the place before and discovered it through surfing Yelp. When I wandered around, I was the only one around, so I felt spooky some of the time, especially when I heard hooting and when rabbits ran around. Every time I turned around, there was another rabbit. I also saw a lizard. I also noticed a bird with red spots on both sides. I'm sure there's other bugs and animals there. It was so tranquil there and pretty.

 The last trip I made was to Sly Park. I originally tried to go to Bridal Veils Falls, but I couldn't find it, so I settled for Sly Park. Sly Park was very nice. I loved that you had to past tall trees before you ended up at the beach. I loved the trees too. If only I was able to stay there longer than 15 minutes :(.

I started school last week and I signed up for 3 courses. They seem alright right now, but I'm sure it will be pretty intense soon. Even though, I already have a part time job, volunteer, and going to school my mom wants me to get another job, but I don't think I should. I feel that I already have a lot that I commit to. Not to mention, I still wished I had a full time job. I applied for over 30 last week, so I guess I'm trying my luck with those :/.