Twenty-five people joined the Hill Hike today on a cold morning. Later, some of us caught a glimpse of a bobcat on Upper Meadow near the top of Bay. After that, a group of us went a short distance further down Meadow to look for the missing bench.
Seven resourceful hikers diverted from the normal hill hike to look for a missing bench on Meadow trail just below the top of Bay trail. Upon reaching the empty site, the bench was quickly visually located in the bushes far down the steep north slope. Several hikers carefully went down the slope and pulled the bench out of the bushes, and then carried it up to the Meadow trail. It will be re-installed when proper ground anchoring can be arranged. The criminal who displaced the bench was likely Mother Nature during the high winds from the storms over the last few weeks. In the 6-person group picture, the 7 hikers are (L-R) Julian, Jim, Steve, Bob and Gordon, with Gigi sitting on the bench and Joel behind the camera.
