Wate and Johanna Bakker led rambler and long hikes in the Almaden Quicksilver county Park on Saturday, March 4th. The rambler hike was 4-5 miles and the long hike 7-8 miles. Elevation difference for the hikes was a few hundred feet.

Bonnie Preston led a rambler trip to the Stanford Cantor Arts Center for a current  “Surrealism: the Conjured Life” exhibit which gives greater insight into this power of the subconscious mind  which begun in 1920 yet maintains these elements even today. Before seeing the exhibit, there was a walk for an hour to see the new Bing Concert Hall.

Richard Bainbridge and Wendy Ledamun led a medium hike in Pearson-Arastradero Preserve, in the Palo Alto foothills. This new destination for the hiking club proved to be a winner with a beautiful blue sky and views of SF and many of the surrounding peaks. The trails were mainly old farm roads with connector trails.  The hike was about 4 miles with an elevation gain of about 400 ft. The hike was in the open space which was perfect for the day’s temperature.

Sy  Gelman  led a rambler hike along Los Alamaden Creek Trail.  The starting point was from Alamaden Lake and the trail followed Los Alamaden  Creek on mostly level ground.  The walk was about 3 – 4 miles round trip.

Katy Peretti led a rambler hike to Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve on a  four mile long trail with moderate elevation over easy hills.

Susan Brown led a 6 mile hike from the New Seasons parking lot down Silver Creek Valley Rd to Hellyer Ave and then back. The group stopped at the New Leaf Market for a snack afterwards.

Wate and Johanna  Bakker led a hike in the Fremont Older open Space area near Saratoga on Saturday, February 4th.

Wate Bakker led a rambler hike to the Mountain View Lake Shore park on Wednesday, February 1st to go bird watching. Mary Fullerton came along to be our expert birder. Afterwards lunch was at the Lake Shore Cafe.