Pillbox hike: Sunset Edition

I'm proud of this family every day. Ok, not every day. But I was proud of us all on this day. We hiked up the Sunset pillbox and we all did it ourselves (save Ash). Yes, every member of the family made it to the top on their own two legs (except Ash and his lazy bones). 

As evidenced below, going down was a bit of a different story. That's an extra 100lbs on my back ... and while I'm in decent shape, I'm certainly not used to this. Needless to say, by the bottom my knees were shaking on every step. I kept thinking "Don't let your knees give out, because it will be quite an impressive and destructive yard sale if this tower tumbles."

I also went out and surf Sunset double overhead. It's been a long time since Ii've surfed out here with any size. It's always a little intimidating at first but then you get the hang out it pretty quick. I caught some fun size set waves (nothing to write home about) and had a general blast. That paddle out and in never gets old.