El Corte de Madera Creek

Elizabeth and I spend a late-summer day meandering around El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve.

Miners’ Ridge and James Irvine loop hike, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

An excellent loop hike in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park through old-growth redwood and Sitka spruce, a fern canyon, and a beach with wild elk.

Mill Creek Trail loop hike, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park

A spring hike in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park through Stout Grove and the Mill Creek Trail.

Butano State Park Hike

A loop hike though patches of old-growth redwood and Douglas-fir in Butano State Park in which I take only a hand drawn map and then lose it.