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| | Hiking | 11.93 Miles | 4 Hrs 51 Mns | | 2.53 mph |
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| no partners | | I had planned a camping trip planned for this weekend, of course. I reserved the best site at a campground on Trinity Lake way back on Thanksgiving Day. I was thinking about hitting the high Trinity Alps, Mount Eddy or maybe the Russian Wilderness (17 different species of conifer in one square mile!). However, Mother Nature had other ideas: solid rain was in the forecast for 3 of the 4 full days I'd be there. Locked gates and muddy, chewed up roads limited trail head access, and I guessed that stream crossings would be hazardous.
I consoled myself by hiking in Point Reyes on Saturday and Monday (today)  . The weather today wasn't as gorgeous as it was on Saturday, but the low clouds made photography more fruitful. I felt really strong today so I'm encouraged for my summer destination hikes that I felt unprepared for a week ago.
I luckily snagged a parking spot at the far southern parking lot at Limantour Beach. Right off the bat there was a dead gray whale as the route hit the beach. The smell downwind was no bueno, but it was interesting to see it up close. Unfortunately there's been an unusually high number of dead gray whales washed up on Bay Area beaches this year. Then I walked down the beach to about the 1.5 mile mark before heading up a tiny connector trail to the beginning of the Coast Trail. Woodward Trail up to Mount Wittenberg is a nice workout, but not excessively difficult. The views north to the actual point of Point Reyes, Limantour Beach and the Drakes Estero area open up towards the top, but I've never been in this part of Point Reyes when the weather was gorgeous.
Mount Wittenberg was underwhelming as usual, but it's nice to visit the high point. I returned the way I came. Not a bad glass of lemonade, so to speak. |
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I saw a nice herd of about 3 dozen elk, but they were about 3/4 mile away on the other side of a large drainage, and not much else in terms of wildlife. A few LGBs like dark-eyed juncos, some ravens, and a few coveys of California quail.
