6/30 South shore of Briones Reservoir

There were just 5 of us today on a bright, but cool, almost fallish feeling day. We walked from the EBMUD parking lot on Bear Creek Rd to the Dam overlook parking lot where Shirley met us to shuttle drivers back to the start. There was lots to look at in spite of the extremely dry conditions. A very nice walk, just a bit over 3.5 miles.

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6/23 - chabot

For the first time in at least 5 years we started from the Bort Meadow's entrance on Redwood Rd for our walk in Chabot regional park. 9 of us started in the fog but by the time the hike ended it was a bright breezy day. We walked clockwise out the Grass Valley Tr as far as the stone bridge and then back Brandon Tr to Bort Meadows where we ate our lunch. There was a lot to see and all agreed it was a good hike.  3.6 miles

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06/16 - Skyline Gardens to Sibley

 

A heat wave forecast meant it was better to start early (we were on the trail by 9) and chose a route with shade and mostly downhill. The hike from the Steam Train parking lot to the Tunnel Rd entrance to Sibley fit the bill. There were just six of us which worked well with a shuttle back to the cars (thank you, Shirley!!). All agreed it was much more interesting than we anticipated and since we were done by 11, the temperature, tho above normal, wasn't stinky yet. Just over 2 1/2 miles.
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6/9 - Briones east side

 

Just seven of us on a bright and breezy day, cool for June. We started from the Reliez Valley trailhead and headed west toward the hills. As far as I can tell the Wednesday Walkers have not walked in this part of Briones. The original plan was to take a lollipop route: out Blue Oak Tr, up the canyon on Blue Oak Shortcut, and back down Blue Oak Tr. The trail was steeper than we wanted to tackle both the single track up the canyon and the fire road coming down, so we made it an out and back. It was very dry, but most of the oaks were in good condition and there were interesting things to see once we were into the canyon About 2 3/4 miles

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06/02 - Tilden

 

Just 9 of us met at the parking on Lone Oak Rd in Tilden on a cool morning, foggy to start, but perfect for walking. We went up the Loop Rd, took the single track Sylvan Trail around and down to Jewel Lake, meandered close to the water for a bit then picked up Upper Packrat Tr. Delia was right, there was a great deal to see and we were constantly stopping to examine something or other. Once back to "civilization" we found a picnic table for our lunch, then walked the quarter mile remaining to the cars. Not very long 2.25 miles, but very pleasant and unexpectedly interesting.

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