"The mountains are calling
and I must go."
— John Muir
All around San Jose are these amazing places to visit. Choosing is often difficult. This past weekend we decided on quiet mornings and fun in the afternoons. On Saturday we went to our friend Autumn's house for a barbecue and the chance to meet some neighborhood children. She and her partner Scott have an amazing deck overlooking the Los Gatos Creek. Standing outside and being buzzed repeatedly by the numerous hummingbirds that frequent her feeder was a treat!
On Sunday Nye and I visited the farmers market in the morning. (Pictures of that will have to wait till a later entry.) In the afternoon we headed off to Big Basin Redwood State Park. What is truly wonderful is that we can have a slow and lazy morning and get to and hike in the afternoon!
Arch and I have been for short walks through the redwoods before but this was our first time hiking for 3+ miles. The majesty of these trees is awesome. Nye just loved finding 100 ft long bridges made of fallen redwoods. Surprising too was that there were so few animals to be spotted. Though we really enjoyed the 8-10" long bright yellow banana slugs. We'll kno
w next time not to pick them up though (a little too slimy.)Big Basin is very close to the Pacific though you would not have any idea of that while hiking the trails here. All manner of creature were living overhead. But we were simply happy to walk around at their feet and enjoy the vibrant colors and textures of a new habitat. We visited both the "mother tree" and the "father tree" each of which had to be close to 3,000 years old. Can you imagine?
On hot sunny summer days in August I'm sure we'll hear these cool mountain trails calling to us, and we'll be back again to explore and climb at the feet of the great redwoods!
Sara, Nye & Archil
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Gotta say that seeing these pictures of GIANT Red Woods and Sequoias, and then hearing the story about being dive bombed by Humming Birds makes me question why it is that people who live in the East defend it so ? What you all are living and seeing every day is to "live for" and to travel to see. I have such fond memories of seeing random Humming Birds (no special kind just beautiful greenish / brown birds that we go to such great lengths to lure to our feeders here, ad they are just everywhere out there from say San Fran to San Diego maybe more, probably more places than that even. Just beautiful to see one or a group of them just resting before looking for more nectar that they will likely find at the nearest flowering bush. Oh am I green with envy right now. Be well and take everything that we don't have for granted, pick some wild Rosemary from bushes 10 feet high and enjoy what we can't grow here. Love, MLMD
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