

Today’s guest blogger, REI employee Ching Fu, recounts the soaring highs and chilly lows of her bike tour of the entire Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway last summer: It had been raining for 3 days straight, and I was ready to just be home. But I had to keep pedaling. The bitter cold rain was an unwelcome surprise, especially since it was July in the southeast... ...
The place: Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve. The attraction: a 600-acre park with hiking trails that is one of just two places in North America where torrey pines grow. (The other: Santa Rosa Island, near Santa Barbara.) Bonus attraction: Nearby Torrey Pines State Beach and its tall, 45-million-year-old sandstone cliffs. ...
Posted by T.D. Wood on January 15, 2013 9:15 AM & Tagged Guidebook Getaways, Hiking and Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve | permalink | Comments
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