Fortuna Mountain Hike; On the Right Path!

It is kind of funny but I accidentally ended up climbing Fortuna Mountain yesterday. You see I have not been working out much this week as it has been stressful at work and my oldest son (25 years old) had an operation this week (he’s fine).

I did get in one session of bag work but the day of the operation was one long day… I ended up working my 8 hour shift later in the day because work is crazy right now. I’ve noticed over the years that when I am overly tired, my will power goes out the window. Meaning that I continually ate when I was working. I tried to mitigate this somewhat by eating low-calorie foods and made sure I slept in the next day (so I could get back on track).

So as I alluded to, I went out hiking in Mission Trails Park and took a convoluted path up into the hills and ended up climbing Fortuna Mountain! In this post I’ll post the pictures and do some commenting on the hike. This more than made up for the lack of exercise this week.

You can see San Diego and one of the Coronado Islands in this picture shot from Fortuna Mountain. As an aside about the Coronado Islands, While Ron Hubbard was commanding PC-815, he shelled the Coronado Islands. Apparently you can now go wreck diving on the USS PC-815 here.

I have found that staying active has helped me keep on track with my diet. Dieting does lose most of the weight (3500 calories to lose a pound) but increasing my activity level in fun ways (such as hiking) burn a few calories too and help me realize why I want to get into great shape!

I started at Mast Blvd., in Santee on the Eastern side of Mission Trails Park. some of the pictures I panned the camera (mostly left to right). Here are the pictures of the trip in the order I shot them. I only took pictures on the way up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed these views of my accidental hike to Fortuna Mountain. I was only hoping to burn some calories but ended up making it up to the summit!