Black Diamond Regional Preserve

Our first "pre-storm" hike of the year. Windy, with wonderful clouds. Shirley was right about the views.

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Castle Rocks Trail, Mt. Diablo SP

Dry, dry, dry...very little new growth. But a beautiful 3.2 mile walk starting from where Burma Road crosses Northgate Rd and ending at the Park boundary (Falcon Rd), with a detour along Castle Rocks trail.

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Big Break Regional Shoreline

The name of the area comes from the "big break" which destroyed a levee protecting agricultural land in a 1928 storm. The walk (1.6 miles to the turn around by the Ironhorse Sanitary District ponds; a total of about 3.8 miles) was not as interesting as it might have been as the trail skirts the marsh and follows the edge of a residential development. However the Delta Discovery area was fascinating as well as informative.

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