Dead Ends

I think this post is kind of what life has been like the past few months. When I finally get the urge to run, I run – right into obstacles.

I decided to check out a trail that I hadn’t run before. I found out about this trail from a story that appeared in our local newspaper about a month ago.

I found the unmarked entry to the trail pretty easily and headed down into Buck Gully:

Unfortunately, after about half a mile, I found out the hard way they weren’t done with trail construction:

When the trail work here in Buck Gully is done, we’ll have another 5 or so miles of pristine wilderness in the middle of civilization:

And if you don’t believe that it’s in the middle of civilization – check out the green on one of the holes at The Resort at Pelican Hill:

Where there’s a will, there’s a way. A different way down into Buck Gully. I climbed into my car and headed off to the entrance to the canyon from up above off San Joaquin Hills Road:

Guess what?

No problem. This one was easy to get around.

By this time it was getting dark, so I slowed down to enjoy the setting sun and the views toward the ocean and Catalina:

Long story sort, I made it down into the depths of Buck Gully from above, only to run into this:

Sigh.

Oh well. I got to climb back out to this:

Next up – I know I’ve been tagged Kepa, lindsay and Slomohusky!