On 1-2-2022 Johanna Bakker led a hike along a Coyote Valley trail. They did about a 4.5-mile loop The weather was ideal for a morning hike..

 

 

 

On 1-12-2022 Wate and Johanna Bakker led hikes in Almaden Quicksilver county park. Johanna led a 3 to5 mile ramble, while Wate did a 5 to 8 mile hike. Both hikes started at the Mockingbird Lane Parking lot. There was several ups and downs on both hikes.

 

 

 On Wednesday, January 26th John Petrin led a 4-mile rambler hike from the parking lot on Silver Creek Valley Rd (on the right just before HWY 101 and across from the new VA Clinic). They hiked north to the picnic area by Cottonwood Lake and took a break. The R/T hike was 4 miles.

On 1-5-2022 Al Girolami led a hike along Coyote Creek. The route will start at the Silver Creek trailhead and go south about two and a half miles passing the Ford Road Ponds and returning after reaching Coyote Pond for about a 5-mile round trip. The trail is paved with little elevation. 

The club and guests celebrated the New Year on Top of our hill. The top of our tallest hill, at 2,300 ft. was reached by the group of long hikers that started from Foothill Center, The ramblers started at the garden parking lot and hiked the lower hill trails to the picnic tables at the intersection of Sky and Ohlone. There were 33 hikers in the group picture at the top and an additional 28 counted on the way back down.

 

On Monday, December 20th at the Clubhouse parking lot at 8:30 a.m. the group walked around the golf course.

It was very cold at 9:00 AM on Mayfair trail but after a mile or two of climbing we started to shed some layers off. A perfect weather for our hike and enjoyed beautiful scenery.  On our way down we almost stepped on lizards.