I took this from the plane Friday night as I was flying into San Jose. The smoke could be seen filling the valley for miles around. This was also the reason why most of the pics in this series are at 1600ISO, which accounts for all that stupid grain. I'll remember next time.

Heading up to Mount Diablo State Park. We were in a great mood, mainly because we had no idea what was in store for us.

As we were driving up to the park, we noticed the scenery was really awesome so we stopped on a cliff to take some pics.

Rock City

Hiking from Rock City up to the summit of Mt. Diablo.

Rock City

At the top of the rocks. Corey managed to take a pic of me while I was up there.

Middle of Rock City.

Mt. Diablo

Heading up. We couldn't believe how blue the sky was!

It got so hot we had to stop in the shade for half an hour to regain conciousness. I'd just asked Corey if we should get up and head back out into the sun. I managed to capture her response at that moment!

Almost there!!!

At the summit.

Check out those strong hiking legs!!

Taken from the summit. The Golden Gate Bridge peaks from the fog on the right. Downtown can be seen on the extreme left.

Hiking back to Rock City and the trailhead.