While you were at Sea Ranch...

Mary Sue reported: "On this overcast day we hiked on the Sea Ranch bluff and saw cormorant nesting habitat and cormorants."  I missed another Thursday Rambler hike this week, but for good reason!  My namesake, Harmony Grace was here with her family from Albany, NY.  Here's what I was doing:

Manchester and the Thompson Heather Gardens

Sleeping Lion

I didn't make it on this week's hike.... photos are compliments of Bill and Mary Sue sent the Red Huckleberry shot and here's her write up:
Today we had another nice hike to see the Sleeping Lion at Salt Point. It remained overcast the whole time, but it was a pleasant temperature for hiking and crossing over downed logs and walking through overgrown shrubs on the trail slowed us down so we had time to grab ripe huckleberries that were available in great numbers, including  a number of bushes with lots of red ones. There was still water in the waterfall and Boykinia occidentalis in bloom near the base.

No Trolls Today

 

Today we did a loop hike from the Del Mar Center to the Pomo Creekside Trail and back.  We left a note for the Troll in the Troll hole and received an email response from "The Troll".  We also got to see the phantom orchid!  

My niece and nephew joined us on the hike today.  We toured the Del Mar Gardens and had lunch in the "super secret spot. 

Let there be SUN!

After several cold and foggy days, the sun finally came out for this wonderful hike.  So did the people and the berries.  We had 23 people + 1 dog join us today!  Thimble-berries and blackberries and even a few wild raspberries and red huckleberries lined the trail.  As you can see from the picture, we ate lunch sitting on the Green Iron Bridge.  5 of us turned this 4.6 mile one-way hike into a 9.2 mile out and back.

Bobcat Trail to Lodge

17 people on today's hike!  It was lovely.  A few of us stayed to have lunch on Black Point Beach.

Fisk Mill to Stump Beach

I missed this week's hike again... but here's the report from Mary Sue and photos are compliments of Bob.  Thanks guys!

We started out with fog, but by the time we got close to Stump Beach the sun was out and the weather delightful. There were still late flowers: coast onions, sticky Monkey Flower, sump Monkey Flower, Lizard Tail, and Bluff Lettuce all were in good form.

We had lunch sitting on lichen covered rocks with a view of the ocean and a little stream with flowers.