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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Crystal Springs Sawyer Camp Trail 2

On Saturday D. and I returned to Crystal Springs Reservoir to walk the northern segment of the Sawyer Camp Trail (between Hillcrest and the Jepson Laurel), and here are some of the pics I took.

We begin at Mile 0.


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Foothills & Monte Bello Open Space Preserves

On Saturday D. and I went to Foothills Open Space Preserve because we'd never been there before.  We've passed it countless times on our way to other open space preserves but we'd never bothered to stop and see it, primarily because it's so small (212 acres), and there's only one trail and not much to ( Read more... )

The Buddha Of Los TrancosThere were rumors of a shrine in the woods. There were tales of hikers coming upon candles and crystals, clustered together amid an anomalous outcrop of blue limestone along a trail near the San Andreas Fault.  This shrine was said to be a meditation spot, a place to find inner peace and oneness with the universe, situated ( Read more... )

Los Trancos Open Space Preserve

On Sunday D. and I went on a docent-led walk in Los Trancos Open Space Preserve. Here are some of the pics I took.

We're here.


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More Los Trancos / San Andreas Fault Pics

Here are some pics D. took when we were at the Loma Prieta 20th Anniversary Earthquake Walk at Los Trancos Open Space Preserve last weekend.

A sign in the parking lot at Los Trancos warns us not to blunder into illegal plots of cultivated marijuana by staying on the trails.


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Loma Prieta 20th Anniversary Earthquake Walk, Los Trancos Open Space Preserve

On Saturday, October 17, the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, D. and I and a dozen others joined Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Docents Paul and Ann at Los Trancos Open Space Preserve to learn about the impact of earthquakes on the local ( Read more... )