8-31 Joaquin Miller Park

A lucky 13 of us walked in Joaquin Miller Park today. We started up the Palos Colorados Trail along Palo Seco Creek, looped out to Lookout Point for an early lunch, and returned to the cars down Sinawik Trail and a few blocks through the neighborhood, followed by a straight shot along Mountain Blvd. About 2 3/4 miles.

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8-24 Redwood Regional Park

A 3.78 mile walk in the redwoods today! There were 11 of us on the counterclockwise loop out Stream Trail, up Mill and French and down Chown to the Bridle Tr. Lunch at the junction of the Bridle Tr and Stream Tr. Very dry and dusty, but still lovely, especially up along Mill and French Trails. It was nice to have shade for most of the hike, especially the up hill sections.

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8-17 Tennessee Valley

Cool, grey coastal fog!
11 of us walked out to the coast and back along Tennessee Valley (3.75 mi). We had lunch at the beach. It was very foggy and the wind had a bite to it, but by the time we returned to the cars, the sun was beginning to come thru and it was pleasantly warm. Not lots of flowers, but a few if you looked. Beginning to be much like fall with reddening blackberry leaves, drying bracken and rose hips.

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8-10 - Steam Trains to Sibley

There were 11 of us today for a 4.25 mile hike from the Steam Train parking lot on Grizzly Peak Blvd to Sibley RP for lunch and back as far as the Tunnel Rd trailhead where we had left Shirley's car as a shuttle for drivers. Altho it was mostly very dry, there were spots in the section between the start and where the trail crosses Fish Ranch Road that were quite damp from fog drip.

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08/03 - Pt Richmond

There were 15 of us today for 2.8 mile walk at Pt Richmond. We began at the park across from the Natatorium and worked our way clockwise. Shirley's map indicated several possibilities for different ways to reach Buena Vista Ave. Unfortunately the map was outdated. We did get to see some different streets, tho. There was plenty of opportunity to snoop at the gardens we passed and It is always enjoyable to visit the "Wave Garden" for lunch.

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7/20 - Briones Reservoir

Eleven of us walked the north shore (Oursan Trail) of Briones Reservoir starting from the parking lot on Bear Creek Rd. Three turned back before lunch. It was a bright summer day; thank goodness for a breeze! The last time we did the hike was in December of 2011 and we intended to have lunch in the same spot we chose then. That didn't happen; we went a bit further as you can see from the marker on the map. 6.7 miles today vs 5.4 in 2011.
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