Inner city "Hiking"

I've been out of town for a couple weeks so my wilderness hiking trips had to go on hold....

HOWEVER,

who said hiking has to be out in the wild?

GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE!

I am so lucky to be teaching for a high school color guard; Not only do I get to teach something I love, but there are other perks as well. One of them is going on tour!

This year we got to go to San Francisco, so of course we went to visit the famous bridge.

Perk #2: working with an awesome staff

To cross the bridge our tour bus dropped us off on one side then met us on the other side. Since we weren't going to be walking over anything strenuous I reverted back to my trusty Toms (truly, I love those shoes, so comfortable!)

we were going to see the symphony right after..
hence why we are all dressed up

This is kind of a stretch to consider it a hike.... but not everyone has the time to go on a real wilderness hike so this maybe the best some people get. It only takes about a half hour to 45 mins to walk across, but the view is pretty, and the dolphins in the water are pretty fun to watch. but be careful! This bridge is pretty famous for suicide jumpers... Please don't ever do that....  But if you loiter around the railings it could be considered suspicious and you will be escorted from the bridge.

I wish I could have captured the dolphins
Alas, my poor phone doesn't have that great of quality

 One thing that came as a surprise to me was how fast weather changes in Cali. It was  fairly clear when we started walking across, but as you can see below when we reached the other side it was to foggy to see the other side. It also sprinkled on us a bit on our way, but nothing to bad. 

If you are in the area definitely take an hour of your time to check it out.