F:Susan Brown,Amy Meier,Gisela Pearson,Gigi Clarke B:Eve Gebhardt,Debbie Siedband, Sandra Walker,Nancy Rumple,Jim Beyer,John Walker,Jackie Jones

On Saturday, January 25th,the long hikers  were led by Nancy Rumple and hiked in Alum Rock Park up the Todd Quick Trail onto the  Boccardo Open Space Trail. The hike was an 8-9 mile hike with a 1200ft. elevation gain. It was a popular trail with many other hikers and bikers present. There were four ramblers that did the South rim trail loop, Toby Katzman, Wate and Johanna Bakker and Suzanne Pham. They were able to admire the 11 long hikers across the canyon on the Bocardi trail, up,up and away.
                                                   

Wate Bakker,Jackie Jones,Gigi Clarke, Susan Brown,Phil Grote

Five brave long hikers and 2 ramblers joined Wate and Johanna to the unique Castle Rock State Park hike Saturday.You can’t see it from the road but as soon as you leave the parking lot and start walking on the trail, you will see the stunning rock formation and the beautiful view of the forested hills. Wate took us on a 4-5 mile, partial loop trail with 6-700 elevation. Most of the trails were straight forward but at times we had to scramble on big slippery boulders. This is a popular park for rock climbers and we saw a few groups on the big rocks. The view from the top is fantastic! We had cloudy and cool weather all day and the fog rolled in just as we were leaving in the afternoon.

Wate Bakker,Phil Grote,Jackie Jones, Gigi Clarke

On Thursday, December 12 at the Foothill Center starting at 5:30 p.m. ninety members and guests attended the hiking club holiday party and enjoyed appetizers, dinner and a dessert. Lively music provided by the “Blue Mountain Radio Band” enhanced the evening.

Bob Hunley,Cookie Hunley,Claire Gililland

Susan Brown,Gigi  Clarke,Nancy Rumple

Bernie Loth,Jackie Jones

Jack Kuzia,Katy Obringer,Terri Molloy

Odila Nielsen,Jim Nielsen,Rayette Adams

Jim Beyer,Prescilla Simms

Joanne Cooke and guests

guest,Marie Buck,Ray Buck

guest,Karen Carlson

Barbara Orlando,Lynda Kelaita

Debbie Siedband,Nancy Rumple,Jackie Jones,Akiko Giordono,Wate Bakker,Susan Brown, Gigi Clarke,Mike Warfield,Sandra Walker, John Walker,Gisela Pearson

On Saturday, November 23: a group of club members hiked a Sierra Vista Open Space trail of 5-6 miles with a 1,000 ft. elevation gain. The Sierra Vista which is perched above Alum Rock Park and normally requires a hard hike to get to but we were allowed to drive up to it. This was a beautiful hike with spectacular scenery.

John Walker,Gigi Clarke,Sandra Walker, Jackie Jones,Susan Brown,Debbie Siedband, Guest

Suzanne Pham,Liz Giarratana, Sy Gelman,Laura Gelman,Victor Kelaita,Linda Kelaita,Barbara Knight, Arlyn Unruh,Katy Peretti, Bonnie Preston,Katy Obringer

Liz Giarratana led a historical walk on the leafy streets of Willow Glen on November 16th. It was about 2 miles total with a break for lunch. We met at 8:30 AM in front of Cribari to carpool.

Liz Giarratana

F:Jim Beyer,Wate Bakker,Debbie Siedband B:Gigi Clarke,Eve Gebhardt, Anka Hoek Johanna Bakker,Cookie Hunley,Brad Hinckley, Nancy Mosher-Williams,Bonnie Preston, Teri Tyrrell,Amy Meier, Jackie Jones,Suzanne Pham

Wate and Johanna Bakker led hikes in the Almaden Quicksil​ver Park, starting at the Web Canyon entrance in an area of the park we have not visited before. The Long hikers did a 6.5-mile hike with an elevation difference of less than 1,000 ft. The ramblers did a 3.6- to 4-mile hike with an elevation difference of less than 500 ft. The day provided beautiful weather with ideal hiking conditions, great views, and good fellowship. 

Cookie Hunley,Johanna Bakker,Suzanne Pham, Teri Tyrrell,Nancy Mosher-Williams,Bonnie Preston

Brad Hinckley,Debbie Siedband,Wate Bakker, Dan Kato,Jackie Jones,Amy Meier, Gigi Clarke,Eve Gebhardt,Anka Hoek

Cookie Hunley,Johanna Bakker,Bonnie Preston, Nancy Mosher-Williams,Suzanne Pham, Teri Tyrrell,Brad Hinckley

Gigi Clarke,Jackie Jones

Teri Tyrrell,Suzanne Pham, Nancy Mosher-Williams

Sy Gelman,Debbie Siedband, Dan Kato, Susan Brown Not pictured: Katie Obringer, Wate Bakker

Eight hiking club volunteers helped support the Ridge Trail Council by working on the Todd Quick Trail. They supplied all the tools and received a free Lunch and T-shirt. REI Saratoga and the City of San Jose  hosted the event. The work entailed repairing trail tread, improving drainage, pulling brush, and pruning overgrown vegetation.

Jackie Jones,Gigi Clarke

Sy Gelman

1st row:Susan Brown,Arlyn Unruh,Cookie Huntley, Jackie Jones,Faye Swanson,Lynda Keleita 2nd row:Katy Peretti,Pam Pierson,Eric Pierson, Wate Bakker,Sy Gelman,Johanna Bakker, Marie Buck

There was a docent led hike on the trails of Filoli, behind the area normally open to the public today. This hike is done only twice a year and lasted two hours. It gave us access to the garden and we visited the mansion on our own. We then explored the garden and mansion.