Saratoga Quarry Park

On Sunday D. and I visited the relatively new Saratoga Quarry Park, and I took a few pics while we were there.

We check out the remains of the quarry's loading house next to the parking lot.


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Sanborn County Park

On Saturday D. and I took a short walk along part of the Skyline Trail in Sanborn County Park, and even though the woods were kind of boring I took a few pics anyway (it really wasn't my favorite kind of place for a walk but we had to change our plans at the last minute and couldn't think of another place to go ( Read more... )

Calero Creek Trail

On Saturday D. and I took a walk along a shady part of the Calero Creek Trail in San José, and I took a few pics.

Poison oak leaves are beginning to show some autumn color already.


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Los Altos Redwood GroveOn Saturday D. and I took a brief trip to the Redwood Grove in Los Altos.  I was feeling very weak and we needed a nearby place that would be flat and shady, because I simply wasn't able to handle anything but the shortest of drives, any hills or the hot open sun.  So we revisited the Grove, and I took a few pics ( Read more... )

Juan Prado Mesa Preserve

On Saturday D. and I visited the Juan Prado Mesa Preserve in Los Altos Hills, and I took a few pics.

We begin in the woods, on the Mary Stutz Path.


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Bear Creek Redwoods

On Saturday D. and I got a permit and returned to Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve, and here's some of the pics I took.


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Coyote Creek Trail, Metcalf Park to Hwy 85

On Sunday D. and I took a short walk along the Coyote Creek Trail between Metcalf Park and where it went under Highway 85, and I took these pics.


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Jos. D. Grant Co. Park, May 2008

This has been another week when I didn't get out on a field trip due to medical problems, so I poked around in my files and found pics of yet another trip to Joseph D. Grant County Park that I never got around to posting, this time from a hazy day in early May 2008.

Grant Lake.


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Coal Mine Ridge Open Space

It had been over a year since D. and I last visited Coal Mine Ridge Open Space, so we decided to go back on Sunday and see the place again. I took these pics.

We see hedgehog dogtail grass as we set out on the Alpine Trail.


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Thornewood Open Space Preserve

It had been a year and a half since our last visit to Thornewood Open Space Preserve, so on Sunday D. and I decided to go, and I took these pics.

It's a beautiful day in the woods. It's warm, even in the shade. The air is still and quiet.


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