After 90° + weather yesterday and a forecast of only slightly cooler inland today, we headed Bay Side for a short walk at Albany Bulb. Six of us enjoyed cool breezes, imaginative art, an interesting bit of restoration planting and celebrating Lee's birthday. About 1 3/4 miles.
Phred
reminded me that we hadn't been to Ring Mountain in quite a
while (last time was 2018), so we set out to remedy that
shortcoming! After several blustery cool days the air was
clear and the views expansive. We started from Westward Dr and
walked up to the petroglyph rock, then over to the east bluff;
we retraced our steps to the Loop Trail and returned that way.
The drought is very evident here and lots of the trails were
as hard as concrete. Many plants were stunted even if they
tried to flower. We were late for some and a bit early for
others, but all agreed it was a lovely day. About 2.7 miles
tho the up, and especially the down, made it feel longer.
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It was forecast to be very warm inland today, so we headed Bay side to catch some cooler breezes. We walked CCW from the Atlas Rd entrance parking lot out to the pier and then back, mostly through the eucalyptus "forest". There is a new paved path down to Bay level to the east of the fishing pier; nice to explore since the tide was out.
There were not many flowers (no sign of the Calochortus luteus), but good walking and good company. About 3 miles.
