Mission Peak

Mission Peak is just outside Fremont, CA. It has an excellent view of the South Bay. In the picture you can see the most southern tip of the San Francisco Bay. And to the left of that is where San Jose is. This is the Heart of Silicon Valley and as your drive around the valley you will see that it is littered with high tech companies.
Jonathan, Marcus and I took the 2 hour hike to the peak in the afternoon. The elevation of the peak is 2,517 feet and the hike is about 5.6 miles long. You climb the elevation pretty quickly. The funny part is that the whole area belongs to a farmer who lets the cows graze all over the mountain side so we had to dodge some cows.
Looking east (instead of west above) you can see the typically rolling hillside California. It is not yet summer so the hills are still green. Normally all the hills turn "gold" in the summer time due to lack of rain. Hence the state is called "The Golden State".

Ofcourse, we stuck around for the sunset over the bay. It was very nice. As we were coming down, you could see all the lights from the bay area and it was amazing. I wish I got some good shots of that. Anyway, Good Hike!