 This park has a lot in common with one of its neighboring parks, Don Castro. Both of these Castro Valley parks are primarily focused on the swim lagoon at the center. Indeed, Don Castro's lagoon was modeled on the one at Cull Canyon, which came first. Here is the blurb about it on the park's website see here and here): The lagoon won the 1966 Governor's Design Award for Exceptional Distinction for Recreational Development in the category of landscape. When the swim area was constructed, a secondary dam was built to provide an inner swimming area complete with a sandy beach. Never previously tried, this innovation made the swim area water level independent of the reservoir's, unaffected by summer draw-downs... It is ideal for families with small children, who will enjoy splashing in the shallows and playing on the white, sandy beach. To see more photos of the park, and to read more about our little adventure, click "read more."
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 So this was not a hike, but--boy!--was it a great experience for this not-so-lonely hiker and her hiker-in-training. We went to the Lindsay Wildlife Experience (formerly the Lindsay Wildlife Museum), which abuts an amazing city park in Walnut Creek, Larkey Park. Between the museum, the playground, and the swim park, this is just a dream for any family of young children in the East Bay.
 This Sunday, the whole family explored one of my favorite parks, Sunol Regional Wilderness. We didn't hike, but we did discover a great swimming hole.
 This was a milestone hike for me: my 149th and 150th parks visited! I opted to do this hike, recommended by the EBRPD for their 2019 Trails Challenge, a moderate 5-mile hike that links the two parks together via the Chabot-to-Garin Trail. It was a really different hike than what I normally do because it wanders in and out of a lot of suburban space in Castro Valley. I don't know that I would do this specific trail again, but I definitely plan to visit both of these parks separately in the future. They are very different from each other, but both Don Castro and Five Canyons are really wonderful parks. Click "read more" to see more photos from my adventure.
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