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Mission Peak

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Pictures of Mission Peak taken on April 29, 2000. 

mission_peak_from_balcony.jpg (57449 bytes) The peak can be seen from our apartment balcony.
The start of the trail... it's 3.1 miles to the peak.  If you don't have a stair master, this is a good substitute!

It took us about 3 hours to get to the top and back.

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1 mile up. mission_peak_1_joe_tina.jpg (63353 bytes)
Joe and Tina, not quite at the top.
mission_peak_shade.jpg (86727 bytes) One of the few shady parts of the trail.  Bring your sunblock!
I'm on top of the world!  Well, not really, we're about 2/3rd of the way up. mission_peak_tina.jpg (48659 bytes)
mission_peak_lizzard.jpg (79525 bytes)
A friendly visitor seeking shade		 mission_peak_hawk.jpg (18512 bytes)
A hawk seeing a meal

Some sights along the way.

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Pretty steep climbs! mission_peak_steep.jpg (48951 bytes)
mission_peak_2_joe_tina.jpg (71881 bytes)  A view of south bay
Oh, so this is why we're paying mucho bucks for rent! mission_peak_joe.jpg (50043 bytes)

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A scene from the top.