Butano State Park

On Saturday D. and I wanted to go to Pescadero Marsh Natural Preserve, but the coastal fog was too thick to make for a pleasant visit.  We opted for our Plan B, the nearby Butano State Park.  Here are some of the pics I took.

Contour Map in the Visitor Center.


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Baylands Marsh

On Saturday D. and I took a brief walk around the wetland marsh section of the Baylands in Palo Alto.  For different reasons both D. and I have trouble walking, and the Baylands has flat trails, plus it's close by.  The marsh was as dry as we've ever seen it, with large expanses of dried, cracked mud where open water used to be.  I ( Read more... )

Hercules's eggs

About a week ago I adopted a milk snail (Otala lactea) that D. and I found at the Wildlife Refuge. We are calling him Hercules ( Read more... )