discovering BERNAL HEIGHTS

Work those legs

You may be asking Bernal Heights? What is that....well it is a neighborhood in my beloved hometown city.

Anyways I have lived here for all 20 years of my life and I have never new this great hike/view existed UNTIL TODAY...I asked my dad for suggestions of what I could paint and he mentions painting the skyline of the city. He tells me that there is a hike near our house where you can see the bay, the bridge the whole city. So after dinner before the sun completely set my parents and I head on up the hill. I set off on the hike wearing a pink beanie and my fake "korean" glasses because I knew it was gonna be windy and didn't want stuff to get all up in my eye.

We walked and walked and it was literally ALL STEEP STEEP up hill stairs and plain side walk. I was like bahh my thighs my back my dad totally turned around and was like your back? As my 2 of my future apartment mates would say "we're old ladies". As we kept on trekking up the cement side walk then the stairs and then the dirt hill I was wondering when are we going to get there already, it seemed never ending BUT we finally got to the top and the view WAS amazing. All the buildings, the houses, and the greyness that covered the city a hazy looking sunset, mountains and to the side the freeway, it was all so beautiful. It was truly a view that epitomizes San Francisco. Colors were a little dull for what I want to paint so I'll have to head on up another day and work my thighs and calves another day.

On our way back down we ran into this little rock trail maze thing that someone made and I immediately wanted to do it and insisted everyone else come too. My dad was totally in (it's always my dad and I who are the kids and my mom's always the one who is unenthused). We begin the what we thought was a maze but then discovered it was just a spiral heading to the center. Half way through my dad and I keep following the spiral like little happy kiddies and my mom goes this is boring I turn around and SHE CHEATED! She's standing in the center and she says "HE he I'm done". My dad and I say repeatedly "You cheated mom. You have to start at the beginning" because those are the rules of ever game right? If you cheat you start again but nope my mom was done and goes eh and just steps over the rock lines and out of the rock trail/maze. What a party pooper haha.

Next on our hike down we run into a slide and my dad and I decide we're gonna slide down my mom waits for us at the bottom. We take two pieces of card board and ATTEMPT to proceed down the slide. Ready, set ANNNNNND we're stuck. Image this sounds mean but a super chubby kid trying to get down a slide, that was us...the slide was too damp so kinda created some problems. My dad ended up walking down but I of course insisted and ended up doing this whole scoot scoot maneuver with my butt and shoes (I ditched the card board). Finally we returned home where I enjoyed a refreshing fruit popsicle. I think that kinda defeated the little hike work out I did but eh its ok...it's a start.

Overall cool new hike, beautiful view AND some great memories with my moms and pops.