 Holbrook-Palmer Park is less of a hiking-park and more of a playing-park. As per the city of Atherton's website, it is "a lovely municipally-owned 22 acre garden setting with indoor and outdoor facilities, including a ball field, tennis courts, playground, gardens and walking paths." It's a lovely place to relax outside!
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 Man, this park never disappoints! This was another wonderful trip to one of my favorite parks.
 This was my daughter's first trip to a National Park! I'm glad it was such a good visit. Photos of the park and of my cute baby after the jump.
 This four-mile loop was a great trail to take in the spring, with so many wild flowers blooming! Another reason to explore this dog-friendly park.
 Calero County Park is part of the Santa Clara County Park System. I did not hike at this park, but rather just enjoyed a Mother's Day picnic at one of the picnic areas near the boat launch. The wild mustard was blooming in abundance, and that along with the cool breeze off of the water and the gorgeous views of Mount Umunhum in the distance made for a very pleasant picnic!
Here is what the Santa Clara Parks Office has to say about this park: this approximate 4,471 acre park is nestled in the eastern foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Two distinct areas define this park: the reservoir, which offers a host of water-oriented recreational activities, and the adjoining "back country" which reveals to the visitor California Oak woodland, chaparral, riparian plant communities and associated wildlife habitats. During the months of March, April and May the "back country" offers a spectacular display of wildflowers... The back country offers 18.9 miles of trails available to hikers and equestrians. The park is near both Rancho Cañada del Oro and Almaden-Quicksilver County Park--there are a lot of reasons to go back here to visit! I can't wait to explore more of the back country area in this park.  For my first Mother's Day, I wanted flowers--not cut flowers in a vase but photos of wildflowers on a hike! So we put the little one in the car and headed up Page Mill Road to Monte Bello Open Space Preserve to see some Mariposa lilies, winter vetch, lupine, poppies, clover, clarkia, pimpernel, blue-eyed grass, and irises. It was a bright, sunny day and perfect for taking in all the beautiful flowers. See more flowers after the jump!
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