Mt Tam is my favorite Mountain in the Bay Area. I think I have hiked every trail on it, and I was so happy to go back there last Saturday.
Leilani walked the distance of one fairy-tale in the beginning and one “Adventure in the Garden” shaman story later on in the hike. She had a runny nose and a little cough, and wanted to be carried all the time
We had left home late, and after just half a mile it was time to eat lunch. We found this cool spot under a fallen tree next to a bridge and pretended to be bridge trolls.
The bridge next to the lunchspot
Of course after lunch we also had to climb the tree…
The waterfalls started small…
…but as we progressed on the Cataract trail they got bigger
Fetid Adders Tongue was the first wildflower we encountered – it was still cool on the Mountain.
Out in the meadows there were a lot more – tiny – flowers
We saw a few mushrooms, but only one edible one ( not the one below) – we didn’t pick it. I had found nice mushrooms in the past weeks in the city, but did not dare to eat them because of pollution. Just one time Leilani and I picked one, a bolete nice and firm and big and fresh, and took it home, and I was almost relieved when it was all full or worms, I would have worried too much (says someone who ate Cesium Mushrooms 2 and 3 years after Chernobyl…)
Fairy Slippers are one of the more common orchids on Mt Tam
Indian Warrior
Manzanite, and below Baby Blue Eyes
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