Saturday 05/24/2025
The big deal today was a hike that Joanne had signed up for, and invited me. Joanne has a long-time friend Anne — their husbands worked together at Stanford for years. Anne is a docent with the Mid-Peninsula Open Space Trust, an organization that manages a bunch of parks in this area. Anne invited Joanne to take part in a docent-led hike and I got to tag along.
The scene was El Corte Madera Creek Open Space Preserve, a large hunk of the Coast Range that was logged off 80 years ago, and has since regrown a redwood forest. The tour formed up at Skegg’s Point, a parking lot on highway 35, and had about 20 people in all, including Anne and another docent. Here’s early in the hike.
The total route was just under 4 miles, which is long for both of us, and included a couple of long uphills and downhills. We left in bright sun but the normal summer fog bank was sitting on top of the hills (see picture) and it was chilly and damp in the woods.
There is a scenic spot deep in the woods called the Tafoni sandstone, a boulder the size of a small office building with interesting holes and stuff.
The outing was five hours door to door, about 3 hours actual walking time plus a longish drive each way. It was an enjoyable day although I think I’m going to be sore tomorrow.
Codgerville 