Rich Bainbridge and Wendy Ledamun led a hike in Wunderlich County Park in Woodside on Saturday, August 26th. The hike was approximately five miles and wondered through beautiful stands of mixed redwoods, madrones, oaks, and a  lovely open meadow.

On Wednesday, August 23rd  Rich Bainbridge and Wendy Ledamun led a hike in Coyote Creek.

Amy Meier led a hike in the Purisima open space area on Saturday, August 19th, starting at the trail head near Highway 1, south of half Moon Bay. The  trail was through  redwood trees with sunny areas with grass and chaparral. The nearby ocean keep the group cool. The elevation difference was about 1800 ft

Bonnie Preston led an outing on a Salt Marsh Safari boat tour through the Alviso Slough to explore the natural history of the South San Francisco Bay on Wednesday, August 16th. This free program is sponsored by the Santa Clara Park and Recreation District and is an educational boat tour where we learned about the natural history of the South San Francisco Bay and how the landscape has changed over time.

Gary and Terry Holmquist led a hike at Coyote Hills Regional Park in Newark on Saturday, August 12th . The hike headed out from the visitors center along the bay to a view point at Red Hill overlooking the park.  Total distance was seven miles with all returning to the visitors center for lunch.

Ramon and Marianna Reza led a hike on the Cogswell Marsh Trail on Wednesday, August 9th.  The flat gravel trail begin and ended at the Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center and was 3.6 miles long round trip. It skirted along a freshwater marsh a haven for migrating birds reaching the SF Bay.  The SF and Oakland skylines could be seen across the water.

Wate and Johanna Bakker lead an urban hike in San Francisco on Saturday, August 5th . The hike started at the Embarcadero and then climbed up the steps to the Coit tower and from there they strolled to Chinatown for lunch. Afterward a return to the waterfront.

Johanna Bakker led a hike thru the redwoods at Montalvo in Saratoga and ended up at the lookout for a view of the valley. There were several artistic displays in the park that were created by local artists.

Bird nest in back

Lunch is served

Bird house display

A perfect end to a hike

The Mount Madonna Hikers went on Saturday, July 29th on a 8 mile hike on various trails with 1000 ft elevation gain through the Redwoods led by Nancy Rumple. There was also visit to the white fallow deer herd in the park.

Sy Gelman led a hike on the Los Alamitos Trail Wednesday, July 26th.  Following the Los Alamitos creek and starting at Almaden Lake Park the trail was primarily flat and mostly a paved trail.