Greetings from the Bay Area. We spend our nights in Mill Valley, the home of B.J. Hunnicutt, the fictional character in M*A*S*H. I’m certain it’s a very different place than the little town he left.
We sleep well and awaken to a twenty-minute ride to the hike I most look forward to on these trips. It’s located at the far reaches of the Marin Headlands. We arrive at the trailhead before dawn and usually wake up the coyotes as we pass. The 1,000-foot climb is taxing, but the scenery is a rolling tapestry of uplifting spring colors. And the fragrances! Oh, they are out of this world.
They remind me of the scent of a lover’s skin when you wake up next to her. It’s fresh, lovely, and seductive yet carries an innocence that is impossible to describe. It is the smell of hope mingled with promise, an intimate embrace.
You can see in the video the stages of our five-mile trek and how the early sun paints the mountainsides and valleys. Once we reach the top, we are gifted with a magnificent view…
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