The Dipsea Trail!

We have been meaning to do this hike since we moved here. The Dipsea trail starts in Mill Valley and ends up in Stinson Beach. It's beautiful and shady for a lot of it, under the big redwoods, and then opens up to the sunny open air, with a perfect view of the finish line. The beach is so cute. You never know what the weather will be like in the bay area when you leave Sacramento.  When we hiked this a couple of weeks ago, we were all prepared with our sweatshirts and it turned out to be in the 80's and a hot beach day for the whole town. Such a fun day.

Finn has been obsessed with pointing out "steep ravines" for a couple of years now. We were very excited to find out the name of the start of the dipsea hike.

Selah started in the backpack, but wanted to run so bad! She did most of the hike on foot.

Finn was such an awesome little hiker. And it was one of the longer ones we've been on, well over an hour.

I love this place!

A little friend we met along the way.

Finn stood right there for about an hour, occasionally throwing handfuls of wet sand back into the ocean where it belongs.

Has anyone seen Selah?

This was such a wonderful day, and I just sat there on the beach staring at my kids, marveling at their adventurousness.  I didn't bring a book, or my swimsuit. I just sat there gloriously soaking it all in........as Nate hitchhiked to to Mill Valley to get our car, a tradition we've done a few times now on this hike, and hasn't landed us in any sketchy situations.....thus far.