Today was one of those days when we really needed the healing of nature and the consolation of like-minded friends. Thank goodness for the Wednesday Walkers!
There were 14 of us today. It was more like summer than November, warm, bright and lovely. New grass contrasting with brilliant grape leaves. We took the Mitchell Canyon Rd as far as White Canyon, then Red Rd up to the junction with Olofson Ridge Rd. From the junction to the park boundary is .8 mile. Half the group went the entire way, the remainder stopped before the last climb. This was an out and back hike (5 or 5.25 miles).
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FYI...The Mount Diablo Review, Spring 2004, says:
MITCHELL CANYON TRAIL Isaac Mitchell (1829-1921) was a native of Kentucky. He came to Contra Costa County in 1849 with the gold rush, and initially engaged in farming in the San Ramon Valley. He later purchased a large tract of land in the canyon where he lived until his death. He and his wife had six children.
OLOFSON RIDGE ROAD The Olofson family, John Peter Olofson (1834-1903) and his wife Clarissa Olofson (1840-1913) and their seven children homesteaded 138-acres in the vicinity of Mitchell Canyon beginning in 1886. John emigrated from his native Stockholm, Sweden at the age of 14. He arrived in San Francisco in 1848, and initially was a dockworker. He married his wife in 1857. She emigrated from Liverpool, England.
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