MOAT CREEK #3 EARLY START

Meet at 8:35 at pullout for Gualala business directory  to carpool and at Anchor Bay at 8:45 south side of town on west side of highway. Start at Moat Creek  (MM 12.77 on way to Pt. Arena) at 9:00.  Hike bluff south to Bowling Ball Beach.  Walk south on beach to the stairs going to highway parking for Schooner's Gulch and then return via beach and bluff to Moat Creek parking. Mostly level, but two short steep stretches (up one way and down another.) The beach can be rocky and a bit challenging to walk on in a few stretches. There is a minus tide this day so we will be starting early to take advantage of this. There are often nice wildflowers this time of the year along the bluff and Bowling Ball Beach at a low tide is a sight to behold. Lunch optional, but those people who want an early lunch or brunch can drive to Hearn Gulch which often has a nice display of
wildflowers in spring.
Leader: Linda Dorticos
Mileage: 3.3