Discovering Poly Canyon

A couple of weeks ago, our family took advantage of the crazy-good weather and spent a weekend afternoon outside. First on the agenda was a hike. (Well, technically, first on the agenda was a stop for lunch, because that's how we roll.) We've been making our way through a book of hikes around San Luis, and someone decided that on this occasion we'd hit the trail through Poly Canyon.

If you're local and haven't already discovered this funky gem, I urge you to seek it out. The "hike" is very mild -- about a mile up a gentle grade -- and dumps you into a canyon filled with hands-on projects tackled by architecture and engineering students and dating back to the 1970's. There are little spec houses and unusual sculptures... even things I couldn't name. Just... things. Cool things to see, for sure.

Our kids had a great time checking it all out and declared it an awesome family adventure. I only had the point and shoot for documenting the sights, but it did the job...