McClellan Ranch Oreserve

Here are a few pics from a brief visit to McClellan Ranch Preserve on Monday.  Our otherwise pleasant time sitting quietly next to the creek was ruined by swarming clouds of bugs that forced us to pack up and leave sooner than we would have liked.

A shady part of Stevens Creek.


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Light Rail Autumn Leaf


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Los Gatos Creek

Here are a few pics and a short video from yesterday's visit to an island in Los Gatos Creek.

Withering rosehips and yellow leaves are signs autumn is here.


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Palo Alto VA

Here are some pics from a visit with friends on Sunday to the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Palo Alto to see the sculptures and other sights on the campus ( Read more... )

Windy Hill

Here are some pics from a Monday visit to Windy Hill Open Space Preserve, where in all honesty there weren't a lot of interesting things to photograph.

Dried grasses near Sausal Pond.


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San Francisquito Creek

Here are pics from a visit to part of the San Francisquito Creek bed (and nearby neighborhood streets) on Monday.

Looking upstream through a tunnel under Chaucer St.


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SJSU Disappointment

The San José State University campus is supposed to have nice autumn foliage.  But it didn't, at least not on Sunday.  No sign of autumn color anywhere.  Oh well.  Here are some pic I took anyway.

Tower Hall.


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Submerged Leaves


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Wunderlich Park

Here are some pics from yesterday's visit to Wunderlich Park.

The second-growth redwood forest is damp from the weekend's rain storm, and the air is very fresh and cool.  Most of the trail had rivulets of water running down it.


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Russian Ridge

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

Views from the trail.


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