Adventure 222 – Mother's Day Bonus

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Adventure: 222 – Mother's Day Bonus

Team: YOLT

Date:  May 12, 2013

Location: Pescadero County Park, San Mateo

Description:
Why have Ma for only an hour outdoors, one day a year? Two of our children took Sherri out backpacking for the weekend—this was Sherri's Mother's Day request. So out we went-overnight to Pescadero County Park in San Mateo County (also Memorial and Sam McDonald County Parks). We stayed at Tarwater Camp and hiked 7 miles in and 7 miles out-but different routes. Sherri enjoyed herself and her children.  A fuller write up will be made in the next few days under Adventure 5, Hikes 2 and 3.

Adventure 005, Hike 003 - Pomponio Trail

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Adventure: 005, Hike 003 Pomponio Trail

Team: YOLT

Date:  May 12, 2013

Location: Pescadero County Park

Hike Info:

Trail: Pomponio Trail, Brooks Loop Trail, Townes Fire Road

Distance: 7.18 miles

Duration: 4:35

Elevation Rise: 1,516'

Description:
This is the second day of our overnight, Mother's Day hike. While the start and end points from our previous day's hikes are reversed, we really did a loop around the eastern part of this wonderful park. For more on our hike, see our blog.

Adventure 002, Gym 001 – Morning Yoga

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Adventure: 002, Gym 001 – Morning Yoga

Team: YOLT

Date:  May 12, 2013

Location: Pescadero County Park

Description:
What better way to start off the return trip from backpacking that doing a bit of yoga. While Steven and Sherri are novices, Andrea has taken yoga for awhile. So armed with Sherri's Sleeping Bag Yoga book, exercises were done before setting out this fine Mother's Day morning.

Adventure 011, Tagged Person 001 - Steven

Adv 074 - Steven walking by

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Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 001, Steven

Team: YOLT

Date:  May 11, 2013

Location: Tarwater Camp, Pescadero County Park

Description:
Steven Duran is our son and he was with us on our backpacking trip. Here he is walking by Sherri in the hammock on Adventure 074.

Adventure 074 - Laying in a Hammock

Sherri in Hammock with Steven walking by

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Adventure: 074 – Laying Around In A Hammock

Team: YOLT

Date:  May 11, 2013

Location: Tarwater Camp, Pescadero County Park

Description:
After a day of walking, what can be better than crawling into a bed and sleeping? Crawling into a hammock, as Sherri is demonstrating. Both our son Steven and our oldest daughter Andrea have hammocks, which they have graciously loaned us the use of the hammock. Good night.

Adventure 005, Hike 002

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Adventure: 005, Hike 002 – Sam McDonald RS to Tarwater Camp

Team: YOLT

Date:  May 11, 2013

Location: Pescidero County Park

Hike Info:

Trail: Heritage Grove Trail, Brooke Loop Trail, Towne's Fire Road, Bravo Fire Road, Canyon Trail and Tarwater Trail

Distance: 7.88 miles

Duration: 3:59

Elevation Rise: 1,302'

Description:
It is the day before Mother's Day and Sherri would like to spend this weekend backpacking. So our daughter Andrea planned out a trip to Pescadero County Park in San Mateo. We started from the Sam McDonald County Park Ranger Station and walked an assortment of trails to get to the place where we would camp—Tarwater Camp. It was warm, but we enjoyed ourselves. See our blog for more of a write-up.

Adventure 107 – Banana Slugs

Banana Slug

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Adventure: 107 – Banana Slugs

Team: YOLT

Date:  May 11, 2013

Location: Pescadero County Park

Description:
So cute! So adorable! So slimy! What is there not to like! Particularly with salt—but we refrained. It is so adorable that UC Santa Cruz has it as its mascot, by popular demand of the student body. Even John Travolta in Pulp Fiction could not resist the lure of the banana slug when it was blazoned across his chest.

Last year's banana slug was equally as cute and adorable.

Adventure 011, Tagged 002

Gary, Ranger, Andrea, Sherri

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Adventure: 011, Tagged Person 002, Andrea

Team: YOLT

Date:  May 11, 2013

Location: San Mateo Memorial County Park

Description:
Andrea, our daughter was with us while we got a ranger's picture. She is our daughter. See our adventure 006 with a ranger.

Adventure 006, Ranger 01

Gary, Ranger, Andrea and Sherri

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Adventure: 006, Ranger 01, San Mateo County Park Ranger

Team: YOLT

Date:  May 11, 2013

Location: San Mateo Memorial County Park

Description:
We were going to backpacking at Pescadero County Park in San Mateo. But before we do, we needed to visit San Mateo Memorial County Park to get a permit to camp overnight at one of the primitive camp. So we went and visited the ranger for the permit. He was very helpful, advising us on the scenic trails along the way-he was right. At the end, we asked if we could get a picture for Capture California. Yes he would. So here it is.



(As a note, later on we saw a difference ranger on horseback, who was also filled with information on the trails we were hiking, but no picture there.)