Photos published by Sonja, comments by Andy this time.
Finally, when everyone was feeling better and ready for a weekend hike, summer weather was over and the gray clouds stayed all weekend. But we still got in the car and drove over the Golden Gate Bridge to Mt. Tam (NOT visible in the distance):
It’s a curvy road, and I think I drove too fast and Leilani started getting sick. So we pulled over where there was a little stream. It turned out to be a pretty little area.
And Leilani found a redwood tree to hold up:
As we drove up, we reached the top of the clouds. At the parking lot near the peak, it was sunny and beautiful. We started by hiking a short half mile to the peak.
To the north it was all clear.
To the south, we could see nothing but clouds.
25 miles north of where we live, it is still spring and lots of flowers are blooming:
Even wild roses:
Since we didn’t want to go down into the clouds, we just hiked on the forest trails along the main ridge.
Sonja found the salamander, but we assume it’s not the one that lived at our house for a while:
When we stopped for a very late lunch, I showed Leilani how to smash acorns with a rock. After I told her that’s how the Indians made acorn flour to eat, she said she was an Indian and smashed a lot of acorns.
As you can see, lollipops are great motivators for Leilani on hikes.
In the end, it got cold in the late afternoon, Leilani got cranky and we walked back to the car.
