Earned my BearScouts Hiking Badge

It was an amazing day today in San Francisco. Not a cloud in the sky. Sunny. 65. What a great day for a hike. Today's group, about 35 of us, went up to the Mt. Tam area and hiked the Dipsea-Steep Ravine trail. It was a perfect day for a hike!

But it didn't start off that great. When we got to the parking lot, there was another big group of people (mix of adults and kids) getting ready outside their cars. We didn't think much of it until we saw this on the window of their giant van.

Needless to say, it caused quite a small commotion for our group. We kept waiting until they all left because we wanted to all surround their van and take a picture of a pack of homos surrounding it. But when they finally left, turned out someone in our group was NONE too happy about it and actually ripped the sticker off their van and threw it on the ground.

I can't say I agreed with that, at all. I don't agree with the opposition, but this is America and everyone has the right to express it. But anyway - we got passed it and headed off for our hike. Mr. Duke and I disagreed on this point. He believed it was a fine, acceptable thing to rip their sticker off their car. I didn't and felt it just enlists violence and hatred. He said "they deserve whatever they get." I respect his opinion but don't agree. We validated each other's feelings and then moved on to other topics...like boys....

The group was really big but we managed to keep together, for the most part. I met a bunch of new people and also had a big group of good friends as well, so it was the perfect mix.

The odd part was that any time we passed other people, they would always ask "What group are you with?" Jimmer quickly replied, "BearScouts SF" so I think the group should now be called that. As we passed this one gentleman, he said, "Look at this group of real men!" to which Jimmer then threw his hands frilly in the air and shrieked out "OOOH...MUD!" LOL... awesome.

Enjoy the pics!