{"id":3910,"date":"2021-05-15T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T18:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/william.mtplace.net\/wpMain\/?p=3910"},"modified":"2021-10-29T17:55:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T01:55:58","slug":"hiking-trail-bonita-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/william.mtplace.net\/wpMain\/2021\/05\/15\/hiking-trail-bonita-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiking Trail Bonita Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"

We primed William the night before that we’d go hiking; and to my surprise, he was ok with it.<\/p>\n

It was a cloudy day which is perfect for hiking.\u00a0 The “Hiking Trail Bonita Falls” is in San Bernadino National Forest, which is about 1 hr driving from Santa Ana.\u00a0 We arrived to the parking area around 10:00 AM; and there were a few parking spaces left.\u00a0 Actually there’s no designated parking lot: we parked along the road and then walked to the 2 green portable restrooms where there’s a little trail to get down.<\/p>\n

Once we’re down, we’d have to cross a little creek: there are some tree trunks and rocks lying\u00a0 across the creek so if you don’t to get wet, you can walk on these.\u00a0 William walked on it fine; he was scared at first but kept walking and made it to the other side with Tim; I was so scared that it took me so long to cross it; William was waiting for me at the other end and handed out the wood stick toward me so that I could grab it.\u00a0 Thank you for trying to help, my little boy! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

There’s rocks every where; there’s no established trail!\u00a0 The worse part is that there’s no sign at all.\u00a0 We kept walking on the rocks and asked people for directions when we saw someone.\u00a0 We walked so slow that a few groups of people could easily passed by us, leaving us alone by ourselves.\u00a0 We thought about giving up a few times.\u00a0 William looked tired but he did not complain or cry\/whine at all.\u00a0 He was so good today.<\/p>\n

“It’s a hidden trail to go up to waterfall, keep to the left” – the man said.\u00a0 \u00a0So we kept to the left and kept walking, still have no idea how far we needed to go because there’s no signs; the only signs we saw along the way are the paints that people sprayed on the rocks; there were some arrows pointing up.\u00a0 When we were about to give up, we saw some people coming down from what looks like a trail to our left far ahead; “That must be the way to the waterfall” – I told William.\u00a0 So instead of going back to the car, we aimed to that trail.\u00a0 And finally we got there!<\/p>\n