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Off topic, but I realized that I can initiate a backpacking trip by walking out of my front door near El Camino, over the foothills, and all the way to Half Moon Bay. Maybe secretly camping in a state park up there in between.

This is extremely novel to me, being from Houston, and I definitely want to try it now.

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Have a peek at https://doingmiles.com/hike-sf/ for some longer itineraries like this. Lots of options if you're willing to do a little stealth camping (please be ethical/considerate [1])

[1] good writeup from the same authors https://doingmiles.com/techniques-stealth/

Look up the skyline to sea trail, it's near you.and wonderful.

Note that much of that trail is still closed from the 2020 CZU fire (basically all the sections in Big Basin - about 12 miles).

Oh dang, I'd have thought they'd opened back up by now. Well shoot, good to know.

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