Ramon and Marianna Reza led a loop hike on Wednesday, June 19th 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.
Gary Holmquist led a rambler hike in Alum Rock Park along the valley trail which was about five miles round trip. There was an elevation gain of 300 feet.
John and Sandy Petrin led a hike along Los Gatos Creek trail of approximately 4 miles. It was an easy “out and back” hike that began at the Oak Meadow City Park parking lot – just 50 yards past the entrance to Vasona County Park. They also took time to explore downtown Los Gatos.
Gary and Terry Holmquist led a rambler hike on the golf course today starting at the bistro patio and ending back there.
Katy Peretti led a hike to Coyote Valley open space off Palm. The approximately 4 mile undulating hike with moderate elevation was through a mixture of trees and open area.
A group of hikers hiked up our hill on Saturday, May 25th.
Kathy Tanaka led a hike to Senior Safari at Kelley Park in San Jose. Seniors are admitted free into Happy Hollow Park and Zoo for Senior Safari. Special activities are planned for seniors plus they can just tour the zoo and ride an amusement ride. Kathy also led a tour of the Japanese Friendship Garden and History Park which are all at Kelley Park.
A group of hiking club members took a long walk through the Villages starting with a tour of Cribari, then through the Verano bridge to the Highlands and continued down to the golf course, then up the water fall and in Hermosa to the high cliff around Montgomery and to the back of Montgomery’s lake and then walked back to Cribari for a light lunch at the Bistro.
