Bay Area Active & Social - 20s, 30s & 40s

Meeting Spot: At the trail entrance across from the restrooms
Meeting point link: CWM2+H3, Palo Alto, CA
Route: Start from The Terminal Blvd entrance and walk to "The Bowl" landmark. We may walk a little past "The Bowl" if time permits
Route Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/8uQJGWaGchmfmWNd7
Terrain: Flat, mostly gravel and dirt path
Parking: Parking is available along Terminal Blvd and can be busy. Coming early and/or carpool is recommended.
Optional: Lunch/coffee after walk (TBD, Check comments)

If you are late, please follow the route link and meet us when we turn around.
If there is inclement weather, we may reschedule as needed.

DISCLAIMER: The organizer in this group is not a professional guide. The function of the organizer is only to organize the trip. Each person who signs up for a trip, meetup, or outing is responsible for his or her own safety and the safety of his or her guests. By signing up for a hike, you are acknowledging that you are aware and have made your guests aware of the risks, dangers and hazards associated with any outdoor activity and freely accept and fully assume all such risks, dangers and hazards, and further agree to release and discharge the organizer, assistant organizers, event organizers and event hosts of this Meetup group from and against any and all liability arising from your and your guest's participation in the group activities. Our hike organizers are not responsible for your safety, these are always “Hike at your Own Risk” events.
By RSVPING you acknowledge you have fully read, understand, and agree to the above.

Let's wrap up the weekend at Natural Bridges and hang out on the beach and walk down West Cliff towards Boardwalk/downtown. We'll walk as far as we can for an hour(ish), then turn around and head back to watch the sunset from the beach. If there's interest, we can get cookies from Pacific Cookie Company, get ice cream from Marianne's Ice Cream, or play volleyball at the volleyball courts by the wharf later. Also, bring a snack/drink if you want to share. For those of you new to NorCal - the beaches here can get quite chilly by sunset, so bring extra layers.

Starting the event closer to the evening so we can avoid the weekend rush in the morning, but feel free to come earlier and walk around downtown/explore the nearby area, which has lots of hikes/trails/nature nearby. Here's the info page for the Natural Bridges State Beach we'll be meeting at: https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=541

GETTING THERE
If you can get to Diridon Station, you can catch the 17 down into Santa Cruz. If you're already in Santa Cruz, take the 20 and get off at Natural Bridges & Delaware. Use Transitapp, moovit, or busmaps for better directions.

If you drive, PLEASE please try to carpool - driving on the 17 is annoying, finding parking in Santa Cruz is difficult, and you also need to pay to park in a lot of places in Santa Cruz. I know it's difficult to coordinate, so I made https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/kezxpy to get things started (this link is public, so avoid putting too much personal info).

We'll wait in the roundabout/parking lot for 10-15 minutes before we start walking, so you have some cushion to get here. Keep in mind reception near the coast is VERY SPOTTY and I won't check notifications much after the event starts, so if you arrive late post a comment in the comment section below and someone with reception will respond.

SAFETY DISCLAIMER
The organizers of this meet-up are unpaid volunteers and not expert guides. All participants agree to assume 100% responsibility for their own safety, conduct, and well-being and recognize that possible hazards exist while participating in outdoor (or any other) activities, and agree to participate solely at their own risk. If you RSVP “Yes” and/or attend any of our events, it shall be conclusively presumed that you understand and agree to this policy and disclaim the host of any liability.

Previous events I hosted similar to this: Gratitude Session and “What gives us energy” Session

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If you went to the last event, this will be more like the second half and less like the first half. We'll do more exercises this time and add plyos, and if you're up for it we can combine them into supersets, which means a lot less listening to me talk and a lot more listening to yourself gasping for air (jk). If you didn't go to the last one, that's fine since I'll still give variations of each exercise to make things easier or harder, and you can pick which variation you want to do. The actual exercising part won't take up all 1.5 hours, since I'll explain things and give time for questions. This will be a gradual and casual session, so if there's any exercise you don't feel comfortable doing, just skip it.

Calisthenics is a fancy way of saying body weight exercises, so we'll do exercises that don't require any special equipment. To keep things simple, the exercises here will avoid not just special equipment but also any equipment, so you'll be able to do everything we do here at home after.

We'll be on grass, so if you're a popular mosquito snack, wear full sleeves/pants/bug repellent. We'll also do some exercises on the ground, so bring a mat if you don't want to be directly on the grass and wear shoes that have good traction. If you want to do pullup/bar/ring exercises, arrive early or stay late (we don't have time to do those during the event).

GETTING THERE
Caltrain Sunnyvale is just a 10 minute walk from the park, so if you have a Caltrain station between you and Sunnyvale, take Caltrain! Caltrain will be much less painful than driving through traffic by yourself in your little metal box and getting stuck at 7 red lights ;)

If you insist on driving, there's some street parking around the area, but if you don't find parking the easiest place to park is probably a parking garage in downtown Sunnyvale, which also happens to be near the Caltrain station.

FOOD
Plenty of food in downtown from Murphy Avenue down to Target on Iowa Ave, so if you want to get food after you can walk over and grab some food before taking the train back. Walking/talking/eating is not part of the event and will be after the event, so plan to stay later if you want to do that.

Photo credit: https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/washington-park-sunnyvale?start=60&select=DaE27FdaK8qqZr1VHG8eWA

SAFETY DISCLAIMER
The organizers of this meet-up are unpaid volunteers and not expert guides. All participants agree to assume 100% responsibility for their own safety, conduct, and well-being and recognize that possible hazards exist while participating in outdoor (or any other) activities, and agree to participate solely at their own risk. If you RSVP “Yes” and/or attend any of our events, it shall be conclusively presumed that you understand and agree to this policy and disclaim the host of any liability.