10/24 - Mt Diablo

9 of us explored the south side of Mt Diablo. We started from Blue Oak Picnic Area and took Green Ranch Road to the old Green Ranch home site for lunch then returned to the cars via the Oak Knoll Trail. This was at least plan "C" as plan "A" was foiled by no parking signs and plan "B" was not really workable. We poured over the map and settled on Green Ranch Road which turned out to be perfect.

Only 2.6 miles, but lots to see and enjoy, especially the spectacular displays of colorful grape vines.

Apologies if names aren't current. I had to use my old print copy of Jepson as there were internet service problems and I couldn't reach CalFlora or Jepson eFlora.

The pictures are a bit different today as I found the batteries were dead in my camera as we started out and had to use my phone camera. As this is a fairly new one, I wasn't sure what the results would be...lots of multiple exposures, several videos and a few other oddities, but enough usable ones to give you an idea of what a beautiful day we had on "our" mountain.

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