Author: Jim Beyer

Richard Bainbridge led a hike up our hill starting at Foothill Center departing at 8:45 from Foothill Center on Saturday, February 16th.

The Saturday, February 9th hike was changed to the coyote creek trail due to the recent rains.  They started at Basking RIdge parking lot & went to Metcalf Road & back.  The hike was about 6 1/4 miles long.

 

 

Bonnie Preston led a hike to nearby Martial Cottle Park ,off of Snell. There was a 3-4 mile flat, loop trail plus shorter paths that went into the interior. The park is named for the 19th-century farmer whose family donated the 287-acre farm to Santa Clara County with the intent of preserving the agricultural heritage of “The Valley of Heart’s Delight”. The park remains a work in progress that maintains a working farm where Master gardeners plant the annual crop, tend to it and then harvest it.

 

Ramon Reza and Marianna Reza led a loop hike from the Villages to and across nearby Bentley Ridge: Cribari Center/San Felipe/Larkspur/Bentley Ridge Drive/Yerba Buena/Hounds Estates/Cribari Center. They stopped at the Starbucks/Le Boulanger on the corner of San Felipe and Yerba Buena for coffee and snacks. Hike length was about 5 miles with modest and gradual elevation at the beginning of the hike.

 

Amy Meier led a hike in Windy Hill Preserve of approximately 7.5 miles with a 1200 ft. elevation. They started at the Portola Road entrance and hiked a loop trail on Spring Ridge, Betsy Crowder and Hamms Gulch trails.

 

Brad Hinckley led a hike along Coyote Creek to Hellyer Park from Blossom Hill Road on a paved trial on Wednesday, January 23rd. Total distance was about 3-4 miles.

 

Russ Glines led a hike up our hill starting at Foothill Center on Saturday, January 19th..

 

 

The long hikers  led by Akiko Giordono hiked the Calero County Park from Rancho San Vicente Entrance off McKean Road.  The trails there were in better condition than Rancho Canada del Oro as originally planned thus the reason for the change.  They went on the Lisa Killough Trail to Lisa’s Lookout, then go down to Cottle Trail toward the reservoir and back to the parking lot about 8.2 miles.  The ramblers  hiked up to Lisa’s Lookout and back which was about 5.4 miles of hiking. 

 

The hiking Club held its Annual White Elephant Gift Exchange and Soup Supper fun event on Thursday, January 10 starting at 5:30 pm at Foothill Center.

 

 

Katy Peretti led a 4-5 mile hike to Starbucks/New Seasons onWednesday, January 2nd.