MORGAN TERRITORY HIKE, Old Finley RD 6.5 miles, 2hr 19min, 1044 KCal

It was a perfect day for hike. This is the first time we went to this Trail after last years' fire incident. The target was 6 miles. I was a bit skeptical whether I could do this. Some hiking pals dropped last minute so I was hoping I can get away with less number of miles :) But guess what, we did 0.5 miles more than target :) and also maintained good pace throughout. Overall, we felt that we are ready for next week's big hike to Black Mountain. By the way, since we crossed 1000 Cal we are going to treat ourselves in the evening @VB.

Lonely hiker

Left is Mt Diablo and right is North peak
which we are going to hike soon

Sincere hikers:)

Route: 
Time: 2hr 19 min
Difficulty: 5/10

Stanislaus National Forest, Wawona Private Trail, 4 miles, 651 Kcal, 1hr 27min

Last week we couldn't hike due to rains. We were sure that we are going to miss last year Feb month target. This week it  was long weekend for most of us. All of us planned rented a beautiful domed house in Arnold for 3 nights. Saturday evening we played Badminton for 1.30 min and went for a 2 mile walk. We also had ate too much.... Our original plan was to go to Big Trees National forest on Sunday morning and do some catch up on hiking and bring up the numbers.  But we weren't able to do so because of last night rain. Instead of going to Big Trees forest we went on a private trail. The trail was very scenic , several water ponds here & there and slushy at several places. A few other new members joined with us on this hike.There were absolutely no signs, maps, directions as it's  a private trail. Anytime we came across multiple paths we left behind few markers (Orange peel!) so it's easier for us to know which direction to go back. Overall, did we justify all the eating we did the previous night by doing 4 mile hike?

Route: Stanislaus National Forest, Wawona Private Trail
Time: 1hr 27 min
Difficulty: 4/10

Pleasanton Ridge Trail, 5 miles, 888 Kcal, 1hr 35min

We choose a little more harder hike this time as very soon we have a 3800ft challenge to face at the end of this month.  The weather was super cold around 40 degrees. The beginning of the hike was a bit hard as usual due to severe cold and it took almost 25 minutes for for the first mile before we were warmed up enough to up the pace.  We were able to complete the entire loop in around 1:35 hrs. The bare dry hills were a reminder of the severe drought facing us...

Route: Pleasanton Ridge Trail.
Time: 1hr 35 min
Difficulty: 4/10