AUGUST 2014 TUESDAY MEANDERING HIKES

There’s no need to e-mail ([email protected]) or call (415-457-3949/415-517-0488) Wendy ahead of time unless it’s a shuttle hike. Anyone who is taking Sir Francis Drake is encouraged to meet at St. Rita School to carpool to Point Reyes. It’s opposite the Fairfax Library but the entrance to the parking lot is on Marinda (exit is on Sir Francis Drake). Wendy teaches there and has permission for us to use the parking lot. $17/hike. Let friends who’d be interested know! TUESDAY, AUGUST 5 - SKY TRAIL TO BEAR VALLEY SHUTTLE HIKE NOTE EARLY START TIME TO ALLOW FOR THE SHUTTLE We’ll meet at Bear Valley AT 9:20 am and carpool to Sky Trail. When we get to Mt. Wittenberg instead of taking Z Ranch and Horse Trail to make a loop, we’ll take Old Pine to the Bear Valley Trail. We’ll need some people who are not in a rush to drive people back to Sky Trail. Restrooms at Bear Valley, none at Sky Trail trailhead but some as we pass Coast Camp and at Divide Meadow on the way back. TUESDAY, AUGUST 12 - NO HIKE TUESDAY, AUGUST 19 - TOMALES BAY STATE PARK SHELL BEACH SHUTTLE HIKE Something old and something new! We’ll hike from the parking lot on Pierce Point Road that’s just before the turn to Heart’s Desire to Shell Beach. Last year there were ripe huckleberries! Wetland plants like Marsh Rosemary, Ledum, and Jaumea should be in bloom. Meet at the Shell Beach parking lot. After you pass Inverness, take a right on Camino del Mar (there’s an inn on your left; it’s just where the road starts going uphill.) Follow it to the parking lot. We’ll carpool from there. No restrooms at trailhead. Meet at 9:00 am to carpool from St. Rita.

August 2014 Tuesday Meandering Hikes  

2  

TUESDAY, AUGUST 26 - BOLINAS RIDGE-RANDALL TRAIL SHUTTLE HIKE NOTE EARLY START TIME Slightly longer than usual at 7.4 miles, but lots of downhill. There are usually LOTS of huckleberries around this time! We’ll meet at 9:30 am on Highway 1 at the bottom of Randall Trail. The Randall Trailhead is  about  3  miles  north  of  Dogtown  and  about  3  miles  south  of   Five  Brooks.  (The  Point  Reyes  National  Seashore  says  to  allow  15  minutes  for  the   drive  from  the  Bear  Valley  Visitor  Center,  and  that  the  trailhead  is  just  under  6  miles   south  from  the  intersection  of  Highway  1  and  Sir  Francis  Drake  at  Olema).       Park  in  one  of  the  large  dirt  pullouts  on  either  side  of  the  road.  (The  Park  Service   notes  that  the  sign  for  the  Randall  Trail  is  aligned  parallel  to  Highway  1  on  the  east   side  of  the  road  and  can  easily  be  missed).   From there we’ll carpool up the Bolinas-Fairfax Road to Ridgecrest Blvd. and hike along Bolinas Ridge Fire Road. No restrooms at either meeting place or trailhead. (Stop along the way at Five Brooks to use a pit toilet.) Meet at St. Rita at 8:35 am to carpool. (FALL 1 COLLEGE OF MARIN HIKES BEGING ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND)