Shake Those Tailfeathers

What better way to commemorate the first official day of RTO (“return to office”) than to take a vacation day?

And if you decide to take a couple of days off, you might as well make a long weekend of it. Since I'm still feeling like a superwoman (after biking 83 miles over the course of last Friday and Saturday), why not mix it up a little and go for a hike?

The Ladies Who Hike had wildflowers on their minds, and we headed for another park I hadn't visited. [So many parks, so many trails!]

A few tom turkeys fanned out their tailfeathers to greet us. Technically, I have been to Santa Teresa County Park before—always passing through on my bike, not on foot.

The landscape is already drying out. This is a true snapshot of the Bay Area: spring poppies, dried grasses, and dark green chaparral.

Having forgotten (again!) to restart my GPS tracker after we stopped for a break, I recorded only a portion of our loop. We ended up, of course, back where we started—certainly more than five miles and 1,000 feet of elevation gain later.