Being as Nancy has heavy duty work stuff going on these days, I generally try to stay out of the house because we, umm, distract each other. And since no one in my flunky recruiter network wants to talk to me about work today, I decided to go out for a little hike.
N gave me a nifty little set of waterproof/sweatproof cards that describe 50 hikes around Northern California as a gift when I arrived in September. The front of each card is a simple map and the back gives a description and driving directions to the trail head. She and Armando and I visited Mill Valley in Marin County a couple of weekends ago and it was pretty, so I selected a trail in nearby Mount Tamalpais State Park.
The pronunciation is TAM ull PIE us; cool kids from California call it "Mount Tam". So I call it Mount Tamalpais.
The Park is located in Marin County, immediately North of San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge. The view from the road headed out there is rather nifty. This is looking East, across the North Bay:
The trail headed out is almost completely wooded, with a flat, wide, easy trail cut into the mountain. The slope on each side is very steep, so one must watch their step, else go for a long slide, as I nearly did once.
At about mile 1.25, you exit the woods onto the hillside:
And a passing coyote barely gave me a second look:
Stinson Beach and Bolinas to the North, with Point Reyes in the far distance:
One of the Farallones Islands offshore, almost due West of the mouth of the Bay:
A nice, easy hike, only about 3.2 miles roundtrip.
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