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Hike to the Boundary of Santa Teresa, Treefalls & Views, 3/27/23 by Ronald Horii
After weeks of rainy and cloudy weather, there was a rare clear spell the past few days. On 3/27/23, I went for a hike in Santa Teresa County Park. I started on the connector trail behind the Santa Teresa Golf Club's driving range. I took it to the Ohlone Trail and the Coyote Peak Trail. I took a short side trip on the lower part of the Ridge Trail. I then climbed up the steep Coyote Peak Trail to reach the Boundary Trail. I followed the Boundary Trail to the point where it starts to make a very steep climb up to Coyote Peak, then turned around. I looked to see how the rain and wind has affected the park. I saw fallen trees and eroded trails. There was water flowing where I've never seen it flow before. All the rain has made the grass grow. Wildflowers are starting to bloom, but they have to compete with the grasses. Once I got to the Boundary Trail, I got great views from the north part of the Coyote Valley all the way up the Bay Area to San Francisco and Marin County. Here are pictures from the hike. For more of my pictures of Santa Teresa Park, see: http://www.stpfriends.org/#newpictures. This is a map of the park: https://parks.sccgov.org/sites/g/files/exjcpb961/files/documents/Santa%20Teresa%20Guide%20Map.pdf.
After weeks of rainy and cloudy weather, there was a rare clear spell the past few days. On 3/27/23, I went for a hike in Santa Teresa County Park. I started on the connector trail behind the Santa Teresa Golf Club's driving range. I took it to the Ohlone Trail and the Coyote Peak Trail. I took a short side trip on the lower part of the Ridge Trail. I then climbed up the steep Coyote Peak Trail to reach the Boundary Trail. I followed the Boundary Trail to the point where it starts to make a very steep climb up to Coyote Peak, then turned around. I looked to see how the rain and wind has affected the park. I saw fallen trees and eroded trails. There was water flowing where I've never seen it flow before. All the rain has made the grass grow. Wildflowers are starting to bloom, but they have to compete with the grasses. Once I got to the Boundary Trail, I got great views from the north part of the Coyote Valley all the way up the Bay Area to San Francisco and Marin County. Here are pictures from the hike. For more of my pictures of Santa Teresa Park, see: http://www.stpfriends.org/#newpictures. This is a map of the park: https://parks.sccgov.org/sites/g/files/exjcpb961/files/documents/Santa%20Teresa%20Guide%20Map.pdf.
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Wendy Gibbons
Laguna Seca from a distance looks like the most un-wetlandy wetland I can remember seeing. Does anything wetlandy grow in there?
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