Stevens Creek County Park

Here are pics and a couple of short videos from Monday's visit to Stevens Creek County Park.

There is still a fair amount of water in the creek above the reservoir.


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Long Ridge Return

Here are some pics from a return visit to Peters Creek at Long Ridge Open Space Preserve on Monday.

The trailhead begins in grasslands and moves quickly down to the forested area by the creek.


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Peters Creek At Long Ridge Preserve

Here are some pics from a visit to Peters Creek at Long Ridge Open Space Preserve on Sunday.

The trailhead.


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Thornewood Preserve

Here are some pics from a visit to Thornewood Open Space Preserve on Monday.

The trail goes through a mostly wooded habitat.


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Monday Movies: Alder Springs Canopy

Monday Movies: 20 seconds (more or less) of video from the world around me.

This week: Twenty seconds of the wind billowing the tree canopy at Alder Springs in Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve.  Enjoy.

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Japanese Friendship Garden

Here are a few pics from a visit on Monday to the Japanese Friendship Garden, which was a bit disappointing because all the ponds but one were bone-dry and fishless.

Here are some koi from the one pond that did have water in it.


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Monte Bello

Here are some pics I took on Sunday during a rather wintry visit to Monte Bello Open Space Preserve.

The depression in the middle of the pic is the trace of the San Andreas Fault.


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McClellan Ranch Preserve

Here are some pics from a visit on Monday to McClellan Ranch Preserve.


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Bear Creek Redwoods

On Sunday D. and I visited the newly-opened Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve.  There wasn't a whole lot there to photograph, especially from the point of view of sitting in a wheelchair (and the gravelly trail surface made for a rather unpleasant ride), but, anyway, here are the few pics I took ( Read more... )

Arastradero Preserve

On Sunday D. and I visited Arastradero Preserve, where I had a chance to test out a Whill Model M off-road power wheelchair on actual nature trails, which included asphalt, gravel, rutted dirt, and grass surfaces.  It came through with flying colors, and it was a thrill to be able to enjoy a nature preserve without exhaustion ( Read more... )