Hiking Palomar Mountain
Yesterday dad, Peter, Chris, and I drove out to Palomar mountain for a little hiking. Let's just say I am definitely spoiled by the Rockies (beautiful trails five minutes away). The trails was not all that stunning and bug infested...Chris was pretty miserable to say the least (hence his head in his shirt).

Without a map and a lack of trail markings, we ended up at the "Doehne historical spot"...not really sure what that building was supposed to be but it was definitely anti-climatic after perservering through bug heaven.

Peter did grow a good appreciation for mountain lions after seeing this sign though...he was joking as we started and then started crinkling his water bottle (to make noise) after he realized how close we were to them.

After the hike, we drove to the observatory and saw the telescope. The picture definitely does not do justice for this thing...the mirror alone is 200 inches! Back in the day, when they were building and installing it (1940s), it took two weeks by car/horseback to get the parts to the top of the mountain!