An afternoon on Iron Mountain, Poway, near San Diego

Sometimes one needs inspiration, sometimes not. After watching the stock market fall 250 points followed by a rise of 400, we decided to emulate it by driving down to Poway and hiking up Iron Mountain. It is a terrific hike, well suited to those looking for a gentle elevation gain of 1,100 feet over 6 miles return. A very nice place to spend time viewing interesting terrain, particularly, the activity in the sky.

'Clouds did not get in the way'--they made it quite special

Interesting weather for late summer--heavy rainfall of .0001 of an inch--Lucky we were on high ground

Sun clouds

Not bad at all..eat your heart out Sierras (okay, okay...just kidding)

A windy peak...for a change