You know how when you call in to the radio station and ask for a song they were going to play anyway and then they say “this one requested by Cletus from Toadsuck Ferry” … it’s kinda like that only I haven’t sold out to Clear Channel yet. (If they come waving cash at me, I’m so there. The only thing more dangerous than nobody paying me to blog is somebody paying me to put my opinions on the airwaves).
Anyway, say you’re in the North Bay or the East Bay and can’t get out to some park you keep hearing about that might be convenient for me to check out down here in Sil-Valley land. How about sending along a suggestion?
If your hike gets picked you’ll be able to bask in the admiration of your dirt-strolling peers. If not, maybe somebody smarter than me (a very large data set) will take you up on it.
At the risk of giving away a cherished secretive redoubt for East Bay nature lovers, I have suggested strongly in the past that hikers purchase an EBMUD permit and check out Briones Reservoir trails – you will be amazed. No, there are no single-track paths winding and twisting along high hillsides, but there are long-distance hikes with lakeside views, tremendous wildlife sighting opportunities – I’ve seen kingsnake, rattlesnake, great horned owl, deer, bobcat, coyote, wild turkey, raccoons, newts, lizards, tons of water fowl – and you’ll have the serenity of the place all to yourself!
Read a bit more about it and see photos from this post:
http://gambolinman.blogspot.com/2007/01/briones-regional-park-and-reservoir.html
Tom, we might have missed the last hike to Coyote Ridge, but if you can get in and do that hike that would be Awesome.
Also, Teague Open Space is lead by a guy name Craig – he’s a Sierra Club hike leader & also hikes w/ SOC (Standford’s Unofficial hiking club..or whatever they call themselves now).