California...

Tomorrow after my arrival I'm driving to the North side of the Golden Gate Bridge and hiking down to a place called Kirby Cove campground. Its below the bridge on the west side. From there I'm going to hike the trail to the top of the mountain right there. Circled below:



Then I am crossing back across the bridge and heading to Marshall Beach. There are some hiking trails in that area that lead down to the water.


That should just about do it for Sunday. Then I will make the hour drive back to the Hotel in Santa Clara.

Monday after work Matt, my trusty local companion, will either join me on a trip to Drawbridge or Mt Diablo.

Drawbridge is an abandoned town from back in the early 1900's. All the rich people used to go here for vacation. At one time there was a population of almost 100 people here. Now its a ghost town.

The only problem is, there are no roads to Drawbridge. You have to walk down train tracks to get to it. Its on an island in the middle of the south bay.




Tuesday night will then be the opposite, Mt Diablo if we didn't do that one first.


Then Wednesday, I head home early in the morning and arrive in Chicago just after noon.

I'll post pictures as we travel. Stay tuned.