Fort Ord National Monument

On Saturday we went to Coffee Mia Brew Bar & Café for brunch and had the egg volcano with Italian sausage. The weather was finally gorgeous so we really enjoyed the meal sitting outside.

For the afternoon, Vince found a nice hike in the Fort Ord National Monument, which is just a short ride from the RV park. The trail was sandy and beautiful. The wild flowers are blooming in the season so the scenery was painted in all kinds of different colors. It was also surprisingly empty on a weekend--in the beginning we did encounter lots of mountain bikers, but soon we were alone for the majority of the hike. The only caveat was that, like many other trails in this area, this trail was full of poison oak in the shady areas! 😖 Fortunately we've packed Tecnu for the trip, so we avoided the poison oak as much as we could but we weren't too stressed out. The whole loop is about 14 miles, but I wasn't feeling very ambitious, so we ended up doing a shorter loop that was just shy of 9 miles. Still got a pretty nice workout and felt well spent at the end. Definitely a trail we'd recommend!