This past week I went to Livermore's Arroyo Mocho Trail on two separate occasions. It's a paved, multi-use path through a greenbelt along the banks of the creek ("creek" is the English translation of arroyo). On Memorial Day, my daughter and I stopped there on a spur-of-the-moment hike, because as we were driving across the trail at Arroyo Rd., I saw literally hundreds of goats. Apparently, the city of Livermore contracts with a goat herder to have the herd brought for weed control and fire prevention ahead of the Livermore Rodeo (a historic rodeo held every year on the second weekend in June). We went back today to look for the goats again, but they were already gone. Nonetheless, we very much enjoyed our walk along the creek as we listened to birds singing and watched butterflies flitting among the blossoms of California buckeye.
The route we took is about one mile each way, and it was perfect to do in a stroller. My husband had been worried about us hiking this trail because he assumed that there would be homeless encampments. We did not see evidence of that. Indeed, the trail seems to be well used and well loved by joggers, dog walkers, and families on bicycles. If there were any homeless encampments then they were well hidden, or perhaps they were dislodged by the goats? I felt perfectly safe both times that I went with my little daughter.
I believe that the paved path through Livermore is about 5 miles long from start to end (so an in-and-out would be 10 miles total). Here is a description about the trail from a bicyclist. The shade was intermittent on the path--it was starting to get hot by the time we left early this afternoon, so I think that this might not be a good option for a very hot day but it worked well for us in the cool of the morning.
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