01/30 - Strawberry Canyon, Art Show and UC Botanic Garden

On a day which started with dense fog and warmed so that we kept removing layers, 14 humans and Oscar the dog walked from the parking lot off Grizzly Peak Blvd, down the fire road, then up Strawberry Cyn Rd to the UC Botanic Garden. There we were joined by Jeanne, Casey and Juanita. Lunch on the deck of the Julia Morgan building was followed by a visit to the exhibit of work by the Northern CA Society of Botanical Artists, with an intro by Lee. Finally we had some time to wander in the garden. Trail mileage was a bit over 4 miles. Garden wandering varied from minimal to a half mile or more.

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1/23 Mt Diablo

After weeks of rain, a dozen of us made our first 2019 visit to Mt Diablo on a beautiful day. Altho it started out a bit on the nippy side, it soon warmed to a beautiful springlike day. When we started, it was possible to see the line of the Sierra, but it got hazier as the day progressed. We walked from the Curry Pt parking area out past Balancing Rock. 4.5 miles. The manzanitas were just beginning their display, but we were not disappointed!

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01/02 - Redwood Regional Park

There were 9 of us on the first hike of 2019 - a 3 mile loop in Redwood Regional Park: out East Ridge Trail, down Prince Trail, return via Stream Trail. It was a brisk (cold) morning and a lovely one to be out and moving. The wonder of the day was a mass of swarming lady bugs at the junction of Prince and Stream trails.

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12/28 - Soup Day

A lucky thirteen of us walked up from Saklan Indian Dr to the labyrinth on the east ridge of Rossmoor. After pacing the labyrinth, Jeanne and Polly drove back to Jeanne's to heat the soup and greet Juanita, while the rest of us meandered back on foot (1.5 mile).

If you are interested in the Tice Rock history, see:
www.rossmoornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/RMN-03-04-15.pdf

 It was a glorious winter day; a fitting end to the 2018 hiking adventures of the Wednesday Walkers.

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12/19/2017 Lafayette Moraga Trail

A very foggy, dark day saw 10 of us walk along the Lafayette-Moraga Trail from the old OSH lot as far as the waterfall and back. There was a detour through the old walnut processing site which is now the home of the Moraga Gardens Farm (https://moragagardensfarm.org/). We stopped into SiSi Cafe for coffee afterwards. A bit over 4 miles.

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catching up...

12/12/2018 - Lime Ridge (I didn't hike)

12/5/2018 - Holiday lunch ant Sylvia and Ron's

11/28/2018 - No hike, rain

11/21/2018 - No hike, rain forecast


11/7/2018 at Pt. Pinole

13 of us (and Oscar) enjoyed a bright, mild fall day at Pt Pinole. We reversed our usual direction and walked a counter-clockwise loop of about 4.4 miles. First we explored a short spur along San Pablo Bay past the black powder press, then headed out to the fishing pier. Lunch was at the tables in the eucalyptus grove before heading back along the west side of the park (Bay View Tr, Giant Station, Cooks Pt).

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11/14 - No Hike

Hike cancelled due to smoke from the Camp Fire in Butte Co.

The image from NASA shows the smoke spread on Wednesday:

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144245/camp-fire-still-raging-in-california