Questing for the OC Night Hike
I’ll admit, I was once a stickler for the rules. But if there’s one thing I learned in college, it is to always take the opportunity to step outside of your comfort zone. And what better day is there to break a few of those rules than on Friday the 13th?
Finding places to hike at night is not an easy task. Parks lock their gates, trails close, and people tell you to leave. Unfortunately, this past Friday night was no different, and consisted of visiting …

If you can’t tell, the VitaminOC’ers love anything that’s free. (I suppose that may be true for all starving college students, low-salaried teachers, and recent grads looking for a job.) This past Friday, we enjoyed another free event that has been taking place on weekends for the past month — ice skating at the Orange County Great Park!
This small, yet very beautiful ice rink is set in an old hangar right near the park’s main attraction, the Great Balloon. Every hour, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. (the last session …

This 11.3-mile bike path ascends 930 feet into the rolling hills of Fullerton, passing by parks, homes, a golf course, and commercial buildings. But between the hills and trees, much of the time you don’t see these things, but instead, enjoy the fun route used by many, yet hidden from the rest of the city.
The extent of my bicycling experience starts in grade school and ends in riding a mountain bike on the road for the shorter than two-mile distance to work. However, when my brother-in-law invited me to try …