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Feb 15 2020
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51 male
 Joined Feb 16 2007
 Walnut Creek, CA
Muddy Hollow Grand TourBay Area, CA
Muddy Hollow Grand Tour
Bay Area, CA
Hiking avatar Feb 15 2020
JimmyLyding • Triplogs 788
Hiking6.20 Miles 1,102 AEG
Hiking6.20 Miles   2 Hrs   55 Mns   2.40 mph
1,102 ft AEG      20 Mns Break
 
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Nice day out in Point Reyes with CN. We had a bite to eat out on Limantour Beach which was lovely, then went back up to Muddy Hollow. Hiked up the Bayview Trail to the Inverness Ridge Trail then back down the Drakes View Trail. Lots of mountain lion poop which seems to be the general theme on Inverness Ridge.
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Wildflowers Observation Isolated
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May 25 2019
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51 male
 Joined Feb 16 2007
 Walnut Creek, CA
Muddy Hollow Grand TourBay Area, CA
Muddy Hollow Grand Tour
Bay Area, CA
Hiking avatar May 25 2019
JimmyLyding • Triplogs 788
Hiking9.17 Miles 1,735 AEG
Hiking9.17 Miles   4 Hrs   34 Mns   2.11 mph
1,735 ft AEG      13 Mns Break
 
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Today was an absolute beautiful day in Point Reyes National Seashore. I've been up to Mount Vision a bunch of times, but today was, remarkably, the first time I've been up there on a clear day. The wildflowers are still going strong, but I can't tell if the poppies are on their way in or out.
A lot of my pictures didn't turn out so well due to the bright midday sun, but the flowsers still put on quite a show.
Started at Muddy Hollow trail head, went up Bayview to the Bayview trail head. The stretch on the Inverness Ridge Trail up to Mount Vision was my favorite of the day because of the views of Mount Wittenberg to the south, Point Reyes Hill to the northwest and the upper Muddy Hollow drainage at my feet. Took Bucklin Trail down from Mount Vision to Muddy Hollow Road, and then that back to the trail head. Bucklin is severely overgrown, but easy to follow, and Muddy Hollow Road had quite a few muddy stretches.
I'm very worried about the Bishop pine forest catching on fire again. There's a lot of doghair up there.

I did my good deed for the day by giving a small group of inexperienced-looking hikers a half full can of Off! at the trail head. I didn't see any ticks on today's hike, but I doused myself with bug juice beforehand.
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Wildflowers Observation Moderate
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Jun 16 2018
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51 male
 Joined Feb 16 2007
 Walnut Creek, CA
Muddy Hollow Grand TourBay Area, CA
Muddy Hollow Grand Tour
Bay Area, CA
Hiking avatar Jun 16 2018
JimmyLyding • Triplogs 788
Hiking7.21 Miles 1,510 AEG
Hiking7.21 Miles   3 Hrs   21 Mns   2.15 mph
1,510 ft AEG
 
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It was cool, windy and gloomy today at Point Reyes National Seashore. However, the consolation prize of seeing only 4 other people (3-person group and a solo hiker) over the course of the hike was nice. Both the Drakes View and Bucklin Trails were very overgrown for the most part. The Inverness Ridge Trail was in great shape, however. There was a remarkable amount of scat on the Bucklin Trail that is from either mountain lion or bobcat. I had never seen anything like that where there was dozens of large scats over a mile of trail.
Lots of wildflowers. Lots of wind.
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Wildflowers Observation Substantial
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Jun 07 2014
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51 male
 Joined Feb 16 2007
 Walnut Creek, CA
Muddy Hollow Grand TourBay Area, CA
Muddy Hollow Grand Tour
Bay Area, CA
Hiking avatar Jun 07 2014
JimmyLyding • Triplogs 788
Hiking9.21 Miles 1,864 AEG
Hiking9.21 Miles   3 Hrs   55 Mns   2.58 mph
1,864 ft AEG      21 Mns Break
 
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Today was a very good day to hit Point Reyes because temperatures were in the 60s while the inner East Bay where I live was sweltering in the 90s. I didn't see a soul on any of the trails, and only about a dozen people scattered around the large summit area.
I saw a western terrestrial garter snake, a bunch of raptors including an osprey, a bunch of brush rabbits, scrub jays and California quail. The super-dense Bishop pine forest is always a trip.
The Bishop pine forest consists of large groves of small pines only about 1-3' apart. These pines require fire to open the cones, and they burn like gasoline. The oily sap from the trees helps form a hard crust over the soil so it doesn't wash away during the winter rainy season. There is a foot-deep accumulation of needles and duff everywhere, and the place looks like a tinderbox. Of course the humidity was well over 50% so we probably won't have to worry about wildfires here until September.
Low clouds prevented any views the last time I was here so today's clear sky was a welcome change. I'd definitely do this hike again, maybe add Limantour Spit or the Estero Trail.
Took Bayview up to its trailhead then Inverness Ridge to the summit. Bucklin is a steep way down, and it was in bad shape. Only one tree across the trail, but it was very overgrown with LOTS of poison oak. I'm surprised my legs aren't itch-tastic right now. Maybe the bug juice I coated my lower legs with also works against poison oak? I walked through a lot of 2-foot-high brush today while wearing shorts and this is the height of tick season. Nada :D
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Wildflowers Observation Moderate
Saw a lot of blue lupine, Mount Vision ceonathus (AKA the Point Reyes creeper), Point Reyes blennosperma, sticky monkeyflower and coast Indian paintbrush.
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May 04 2013
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51 male
 Joined Feb 16 2007
 Walnut Creek, CA
Muddy Hollow Grand TourBay Area, CA
Muddy Hollow Grand Tour
Bay Area, CA
Hiking avatar May 04 2013
JimmyLyding • Triplogs 788
Hiking11.83 Miles 1,958 AEG
Hiking11.83 Miles   4 Hrs   27 Mns   2.66 mph
1,958 ft AEG
 
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Point Reyes is always a good time. It was a cool and overcast day for May so the hike up to Point Reyes Hill was nice, but the beach was really really cool. And windy. I imagine this would be a nice workout hike with a dip in the ocean later in the summer. Saw a nice California red-sided garter snake. I didn't sit down the entire time, but wasn't really trying to hustle it up. The low clouds/fog rolled in later in the afternoon which made things interesting. Good day.
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[ checklist ]  Blacktail Deer  California Red-sided Gartersnake  Orb-Weaver Spider  Western Gull  White Tailed Deer
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