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| Mission Peak trek |
Map used on this leg: http://www.ridgetrail.org/mission-peak-and-ed-r-levin-county-park
We joined hundreds of hikers on a beautiful Sunday on our way up to the peak. Our friends Janene, Beth, and Marilyn joined us from Santa Cruz, and we got an early start to a stunning day-long 10.5 mile hike.
Here at the summit (2520'), peak baggers line up to climb the Mission Peeker, created by sculptor and park ranger Leonard Page in 1990. The Peeker combines tubes to look through, along with a time capsule sealed inside. In 2090, people will find such artifacts as an Ohlone charmstone replica, a picture of Bart Simpson, and a bottle of 1990 zinfandel.
Do you notice that the rocks at the this hiker's feet tend to slant in the same direction? Mission Peak is the result of uplift and erosion as the North American Plate gets pushed and squished by the Pacific Plate. Planes of similar-slanting rocks are typical in this type of formation.
Below is the tremendous view to the south.
Here is an old fig tree.
Our entire BART walk is here: https://photoenthusiast.smugmug.com/Other-1
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