Category: 2024

On 12-June-29 John Petrin led twenty Ramblers out at 9:15 am and headed to Shoreline Lake in Mountain View. It was great to see so many out there on a perfect morning for hiking. There was a gentle breeze from the bay by the time we began the hike at 10:15, continuing through our finish about 11:45. All dined at the American Bistro, adjacent to where we parked. Despite the excellent weather conditions we did not see the usual array of water fowl. This hiking shortcoming was blamed on the organizer, John Petrin, for not anticipating the LOW tide conditions at that time on that day! He promised to check the tidal charts before scheduling future hikes to the Shoreline Lake area. All in all, there was just enough wildlife to pique the interest of many of the hikers who vowed to return when the tide was IN!

On 11-June-2024 Gordon Carbonetti & Bob Bogdanoff saw some orange markers for the Upper Meadow trail replacement.  This morning an outline of the new trail had been mowed. It looks like the seven years of the hill lands committee work is coming to fruition.

On 10-June-2024 a group of club members walked our golf course.

Memorial Day residents who came to walking the golf course on a holiday!

On 29-May-2024 eleven members participated.  A snake greeted us at the start & we had to sanitize our boots upon entering.  Great views of Silicon Valley & late spring flowers.

On 7-May2024 thru 9-May-2024 a group of members and their guests traveled to Nevada City for the spring outing. They participated in hiking and sightseeing.

On 6-May-2024 a group walked our golf course.

 

On May 1, 2024 John Perrin led 13 brave folks that set out for a 4 mile (r/t) hike from the Coyote Creek Visitor Center near Anderson Lake to the Santa Clara County Model Aircraft Skypark. As luck would have it, an aircraft operator named Matt was there practicing with his 24 lb., 10 hp plane. (He is in the foreground in the picture below). He answered many questions from our group and entertained us with various flying stunts. On the way back to the Visitor Center we all had to paused to let a local cross our trail – a 20-foot long rattlesnake! Well, maybe it was 2 feet but he got our attention. At the end of the hike, most of the group had very satisfying sandwiches at Mr. Pickles near the “Target” shopping center by Hwy 101.