A few weeks ago I finally made it to another one of my friend Sonya’s hikes. This one was to Windy Hill Open Space Preserve in Portola Valley. It looked like the weather wasn’t going to cooperate as the skies opened up with pouring rain as we got out of the car at the trail head. Luckily it only lasted about ten minutes, and the rest of the time, although it was foggy, we got away with no more rain.
It’s a beautiful hike and a pretty good workout at 7.6 miles according to my Nike+ App. Everything is very green and mossy right now. We saw five newts crossing the trail at different points, a little bit of water in a stream, and several different kinds of wildflowers emerging for Spring.
And windy is right! It was gusty and cold at the top but the view was spectacular. Here’s a slideshow of my photos.