Monte Bello Open Space Preserve

Date: 03/18/06
Park: Monte Bello Open Space Preserve, Woodside, CA
Condition: A lot of Sun with Haze and a bit cool
Start time: About 2PM
Length: About 5.3 Miles
Hikers: Maria and JC
Trail: http://www.bahiker.com/southbayhikes/monte.html
Pictures: http://jc-studios.smugmug.com/gallery/1287616/1/60514385
Views: A paranomic view of the bay area and sunsets. Animals included a coyote, a few deers. Not much wild flowers yet. We saw a big sag pond with plenty of vegetation. The trail is a little bit muddy with sometimes small streams flowing along it. The mud is yellowish in color. Wong Nei Chung. Waterfalls are common. A portion of the trail is along Stevens Creek, which the water flow is quite rapid. We went just after a few days of constant spring rain and weird California weather so the water is abundant. There are some trees that the leaves looked like flowers. Funny event is I spend a lot of time looking for places that I could hide doing natural things, twice. And nothing more to go when there is a real toilet. Hahaha.... It took us 4.5 hours to finish the hike because of this delay.