Genus: Rubus Rubus is a handy genus to know, and an easy one to ID – at least to the genus level. The plant has long woody canes that either trail or mound...
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Genus: Plantanus Habit and Habitat: tall, deciduous, usually riparian or wetland habitats. Common names of some species include planes, sycamores. Flowers and...
I love this little one mile loop in Garin Regional Park. This is an easy hike because it’s short, the elevation change is minimal, and the trail is usually...
We just got back from our first camping trip in years. It was a mix of awesome, exhausting, and disastrous. Here’s my post adventure recap. I’m hoping that by...
Description: This is an easy, short (0.8) mile hike around the summit of Mount Diablo. This hike had spectacular views, lots of a little scrub oak that was new...
This is a beauty of a little hike down a paved path to the Point Bonita Lighthouse. The trail is not steep, but is more or less continuously sloped down. The...
This is a great add on to the Point Bonita Lighthouse trail. It’s a wide dirt road leading out to a bluff high above the pacific ocean. The hike features...
This 1.5 mile hike doesn’t have much elevation change, but what it does have is all in one spot. It’s still an easy hike, even if I needed to stop for a...