I invited Emily to go on a short hike today with Jacob and me up the Two Trees Trail in the Box Springs Mountain Park. We made out way to the trail head parking and Emily started up her phone application to track the exercise. She asked if we were ready and I said yes. We then heard, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, free your endorphins. I thought, how warm and fuzzy. My tracking application just beeps when it is started.
Our first ship was to adjust our hiking poles and read the sighs at the trail head. We got the Mountain Lion warning. I was surprised that there was no snake warning. We have traveled about 100 feet and laying across the trail was a large snake. It started to move off the trail and as its head disappeared into the bushes its tail soon appeared. No rattles was a good sign as it probably was a gopher snake.
We headed up the trail and took a break at a shady spot. I was surprised that there was green vegetation with all the warm weather we have been having.
A little further up the trail we heard water and found a surprise. There was a spring, Cassina Springs. The spring is named after a woman from Italy that purchased the land in 1927.
Cassina Springs
Emily told us that she was out of shape and thought she would have difficulty making it up the trail. Soon enough she was leading the way and then she was starting to disappear. Jacob was tired because he stayed up late the night before.
We made it to end of the trail where it meets the road at the top of Box Springs Mountain. As we sat there was a light breeze that felt great.
Emily and Jacob resting at the end of the Two Trees trail
Then it was back down the trail. The peak in front of us it Sugarloaf Mountain that we climbed two weeks ago.
The Two Trees Trail round trip is about 3 miles and has an elevation gain of about 1200 feet. It was a good Saturday morning exercise.
