Enrich your San Diego experience with these hikes!

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	• 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: San Diego (60 Hikes - Menasha Ridge) Sheri McGregor Menasha Ridge Press, 2004 - 240 pages average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The Guide for a Glorious Hike

Hi. I am a native San Diegan, and ever since I read about this book in Venture magazine a while back, I've been more interested in exploring the natural beauty of San Diego.

After opening up this book at a local bookstore, I decided to buy it based upon its detailed maps, descriptions, and pictures that I saw while flipping through.

I found this book helpful every step of the way. For planning, a difficulty rating is included for each hike, along with a write-up that not only describes the hike but also the wonderment of what you will see. Once you get into the hike, the maps are very accurate. The landmarks are especially useful, and the author includes a lot of them.

What sets this hiking guide apart are the detailed maps, the mention of many upon many California native plants, and especially the rich imagery.

Here is one of my favorite excerpts: "As you hop from rock to rock, startled crabs scurry sideways into crevices. Schools of fish trapped in pools left by the receding tide swim to safety among fluttery pink and mauve sea plants. Take the time to stoop and get a closer look at what may seem at first just an empty pool. Often, you'll discover the collected water teems with life."

This was from the La Jolla Tide Pools Walk. After going there with my niece and nephew, it has become a fond memory. It is a special treat to have these artful words to read over; they recreate the experiences again and again and remind me how much I want to go back to these hikes.

I was surprised to find a hiking guide that had such a touching theme running through it. With the day to day busyness of the world today, we sometimes forget to take in the beauty of the earth around us. This book reminds us to take time to smell the fresh air, count the caterpillars on the trail, and spend time with our families including Mother Earth.

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Enrich your San Diego experience with these hikes!

The great thing about this book, is it encourages you to explore corners of the county that you had no idea existed. It really enriches your San Diego experience and is a great way to see sights and sounds you've never seen before. We've lived in SD most of our lives and every time we go on one of the '60 Hikes', we find ourselves saying 'We never knew this existed'! So far, we've done 6 of the 60 hikes and like to flip-flop the coastal with the inland ones. I always take a camera as there is always something beautiful to capture...flowers, animals, landscapes. There is also a great 'Notes' section in the back where I write the date and the name/page of the hike that we took and write a short paragraph about our experience.

There is also a great section in the front that categorizes the hikes as far as the mileage or the type of hike (Coastal, Steep, Family, for Dogs, for Solitude, etc.) When you feel like doing a hike, it makes it easy to pick one out depending on what you're feeling like that day.

We're really glad we purchased this book and look forward to many more hikes around the diverse San Diego area.

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Awesome!

Simply the coolest Hiking book I've seen. Has all the info you need and is very well organized (by distance etc). VERY GOOD VALUE!

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Hikers of San Diego grab your boots and hit the trail! Using clear, concise, and entertaining narrative, 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: San Diego highlights the very best of day hikes within 60 miles of San Diego. San Diego is a beautiful area and, to explore it, this guide is an indispensable resource.

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