3/20 - Rockville Hills

 

15 of us today!!! Another absolutely beautiful day to be out on the trails. We made a clockwise loop starting from the parking lot on Rockville Rd.; up the hill to the restrooms near the small pond, then NW to Gray Goose Lake where we stopped for a snack. We took May-December Trail north to join the Rock Garden Tr. A single track led us east to join the Bay Area Ridge Tr. The last leg was Lower Quarry Tr. Lots of flowers including one lonely Red Fritillary. Under 3 miles. 

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03/13 - Black Diamond Mines

 

There were 11 of us today on a glorious hiking day. After what seemed like continuous storms for the last two weeks, the day was clear, the sun was warm and the wind had a bite to it. The early flowers were nearly gone, but we saw plenty of others. For the first time this year I took over 100 photos; no, I didn't post all of them! We walked more or less together until we reached the Manhattan Canyon bridge on the return. Then most headed down the east side of the canyon; Linda, Lee and Karen went up the hill after crossing the bridge and then followed the west side of the canyon. Neither was a long hike (2.5 for the shorter loop and not quite 3 for the longer).

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