Hiking the Ridge

One of my favorite places to hike close to home is East Bay Regional Park's Pleasanton Ridge. Since I'm able to take advantage of the Augustin Bernal staging area, I use the trail from that location to enter the "Ridge". It is always pleasant climbing the "hills" (~ 1,600 ft elevation) under the canopy of California Oaks and California Bay trees while listening to Blue Jays squawking at you as you pass by their homes.

My husband, MeeOks, and I hiking along one of the trails as we are heading down from the Ridge. Doggy is almost pooped out.