Beginning in June

Long Ridge

June 21, 2013

Maps used today: 

Sanborn County Park and Castle Rock State Park

Saratoga Gap Open Space Preserve to Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve


One day in May, 2013, at the John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez, Donna and I browsed through the books for sale in the visitor center.   We saw the guide to the Bay Area Ridge Trail by Jean Rusmore (3rd ed.) and I mentioned that I’d like to walk the 340-mile (so far) route.  “Let’s do it!” responded Donna, and here we are in June, on the first leg of our round-the-bay walk.  

We’re starting at Sunnyvale Mountain, which is the nearest BART trailhead to Santa Cruz, and we will work our way clockwise around the bay, taking one-way walks and car-shuttling back to that day’s starting point. 

Long Ridge

Our first day on the ridge trail is a 14-mile outing, and Boyd, Donna’s son-in-law joined us.  It’s a long walk, and much of it follows the beautiful Long Ridge, inland from the ocean, and not yet within sight of the San Francisco Bay.

California Sister

Click on this Link to more pictures from the day.