Pinnacles, April 2-3 with East Bay Network
Looking up from the Balcony caves:
From the west side of the caves:
From the Balcony trail:
Looking northeast from the High Peaks trail near the Condor Gulch Trail. Goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and blue dicks (Dichelostemma capitatum):
Tree poppy (Dendromecon rigida):
Sticky Monkey (Mimulus aurantiacus):
Baby Blue Eyes and Popcorn Flower:
Diablo waterfalls, April 5
Purple Owls Clover, on trail to east of Donner Creek:
Linanthus and Blue Dicks, a bit west of the falls:
Ithuriel's Spears, near intersection of Coulter Pine and Mitchell Rock trails, with pond in the background:
Cache Creek Ridge trail from route 20, April 8
Ithuriel's Spears (Tritelia laxa) and Larkspur (Delphinium patens):
Looking east to a pond:
Larkspur, with Rumsey Gap in the background:
Pond at Dunfield Flats:
Looking northeast toward pond at head of Brophy Canyon, Buttercups in foreground:
Ridge to northeast of Cache Creek, starting near where route 16 crosses the creek, April 9 with the sc-hikers
Lupines (Lupinus albifrons) and a few Mule Ears:
View southeast from the ridge:
Looking toward Sutter's Butte:
Lupine (Lupinus bicolor) on a small side ridge:
Looking accross to Blue Ridge and west:
More Lupine:
Lynch Canyon to Bear Creek, April 10
Lynch Canyon Trail:
Heading up toward Brophy Canyon, Butter-and-Eggs (Triphysaria eriantha) on the trail, Larkspur and Ithuriel's Spear on the side:
Pond near start of 3 Ponds trail:
The Swimming Pond:
Another pond, just before heading down into Thompson Canyon:
Redbuds (Cercis occidentalis) along Thompson Creek:
Tamarisk along Bear Creek:
Lupines (Lupinus succulentus?) in Craig Canyon:
Astragalus and Linanthus as the trail leaves Craig Canyon:
Rejoining Thompson Canyon further up, Poppies and Cream Cups:
A few Larkspur and a big patch of Butter-and-Eggs:
Tidy Tips (Layia platyglossa) cover the trail as I approach the Roadkill Cafe:
Looking northeast from the Roadkill Cafe at a yellow hillside (mostly Tidy Tips and Goldfields?), some Butter-and-Eggs in the foregound:
Thanks to this web page providing good directions and maps for much of the hike, although Bear Creek was a bit deep to start where it suggested.
Joseph Grant Park, April 14
Iris on Manzanita trail:
Pond at end of Manzanita trail:
Pond by Yerba Buena trail, Johnny-Jump-Ups and Blue Dicks in foreground:
Near intersection of Yerba Buena and Canada de Pala trails, field of Johnny-Jump-Ups with Mt. Hamilton in background:
Joseph Grant Park, April 16 with the SF Hiking Club
middle of Halls Valley trail - Bird's eyes (Gilia tricolor):
Looking back to Grant Lake from top of Halls Valley trail:
At intersection with Canada de Pala trail:
Butter-and-Eggs (Triphysaria eriantha) on ridge:
Cream Cups (Platystemon californicus) on Pala Seca trail:
More Butter-and-Eggs at the turnoff to Antler Point:
Lunch at Antler Point by a Goldfields patch (Lasthenia californica):
Looking west to Mariposa Point, with Poppies, Blue Dicks and Birds-eye Gilia in foreground:
Looking to Mt. Hamilton from Mariposa Point, Poppies and Checker Mallow in front:
Heading back from Mariposa Point:
A hillside of Johnny-Jump-Ups and a mistletoe-covered oak, heading down to Deer Valley:
Buttercups covering the middle of Deer Valley:
Los Huecos trail, Poppies and Blue Dicks with a field of Johnny-Jump-Ups in back:
Bass Lake and beach waterfalls, April 17 with the SF Hiking Club
Pond before Bass Lake:
Foxglove by Bass Lake:
Calla Lillies at edge of Lake:
Guys fishing from surfboards:
Views of Pelican Lake:
Trail toward Double Point:
Steep descent to the beach:
Harbor Seals sunning on beach, looking toward Stormy Stack:
first waterfall:
third waterfall:
second waterfall:
point where low tide is important (Abalone Point?):
fourth waterfall:
fifth waterfall:
last stretch of beach:
Henry Coe, Orestimba Corral to Mississippi Lake, April 23 with the SF Hiking Club
Views of Mississippi Lake, clockwisefrom southeast:Lupine and Purple Owls Clover in foreground:
Narrow-leaf Goldenbush in foreground:
Blue Dicks and Purple Owls Clover in foreground:
Lupine and Linanthus:
Purple Owls Clover in foreground:
Lupine and Linanthus in foreground:
Along the creek at the east end of the Hartman trail, Monkeyflower and Chinese Houses:
Chinese Houses:
Orestimba Creek Trail, Larkspur and Ceonanthus:
Henry Coe, Tie Down Trail, April 24 with the SF Hiking Club
Vetch along Pacheco Creek:
Lupine and Vetch; many ticks hiding in the grass:
Blue Fiesta Flower (Pholistoma auritum) on east side of Tie Down Peak:
Pond about a mile north of Tie Down Peak:
Chinese Houses near highest point on trail, with some Brewer's Butterweed and Ithuriel's Spears:
Lupines and a small pond near north end of Tie Down trail:
