I dragged myself up Mission Peak a few days ago. It wasn’t any hotter than usual, but for some reason my body wasn’t cooperating. I briefly considered turning around at the junction that turns the hike into a smaller loop, but decided to just take it slow and push myself to the top.

I can’t remember why I visited Martins Beach the first time, or how I even know of its existence, but the photo above was the first photo I ever took there. Martins Beach is a little crescent-moon shaped beach near Half Moon Bay with with a small sea stack in the middle.