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Family stroll at Shadow Cliffs

1/27/2019

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A return visit to Shadow Cliffs Regional Park to hike along the Arroyo del Valle with my cute toddler.

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Sycamore Valley Open Space

1/27/2019

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Sycamore Valley Open Space is a small but lovely open space park in Danville. I went on a cloudy day in late January when the hills were emerald green and the mountains in the distance were shrouded in haze. Mount Diablo was visible from the crest of the ridge, and birds were flying all around. I am guessing that this park has an incredible spring bloom.

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Calaveras Big Trees State Park

1/22/2019

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Over the long weekend, I did something that I have never done before: I drove to the Sierras in the winter to hike in the snow! I am from Louisiana originally, and I moved to California in 2005 where I lived first in the Davis-Sacramento area and then in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. I have never had to deal with driving in the snow, and the idea of taking a winding mountain road in icy conditions just terrified me. But I have been hankering to see the sequoias for a while now, and so I planned and I waited until just the right conditions to visit Calaveras Big Trees State Park. Boy, am I glad that I that I went for it; it was MAGICAL.

Click "read more" to see more photos after the jump. It was insanely beautiful.

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Shadow Cliffs Regional Park

1/21/2019

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Shadow Cliffs Regional Park is off of one of the main roads between Livermore and Pleasanton, and until today I thought that you could see the whole park from that main road. This afternoon, however, I discovered that there is much more to this park! I enjoyed a 3-mile hike through Remillard Marsh and around the Arroyo del Valle.