Portola State Park

Date: 10/07/06
Park: Portola Redwood State Park/Pescadero Creek County Park, Woodside, CA
Condition: Sunny and cool
Start time: About 12:00 PM
Length: About4 Hours (around 5 miles)
Hiker: JC, Ceci
Trail: http://www.bahiker.com/southbayhikes/portola.html
Trail Map: Map
Pictures: http://jc-studios.smugmug.com/gallery/1978214
Views: The trail is quite shady for the most part and the weather is good for hiking. There are plenty of evergreen trees growing everywhere. Redwoods and others. The trail runs along Pascadero Creek for a while, we visited tip toe fall. The leaves are starting to turn orange and yellow but they are not extensive yet. We missed a turn at Old Haul Road and spent an extra hour there. The trail is a little bit tough at almost the end but it is not too bad. It rained previous days so plenty of banana slug on the trail. We were looking for five finger fern and huckleberry but couldn't figure out how they look like.

The drive back on 84 is so exciting but my passenger is fast asleep just like my other one.