August 25th SF City Hill Climb
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10-ish Miles BUT the great thing about City hikes is you can stop for coffee or hop on a bus or cab just about anytime you want! If you don't know the buses, we'll help you out. Do one hill or all of them or anything in-between. We're meeting at a coffee shop at 10am; I'm just wearing sneakers...

Meeting at Martha Brothers on Cortland @ 10am.
maps.google.com/maps

Free unregulated street parking on many of the streets of Bernal Heights, woohoo! Read the signs with care...

Hiking up Bernal Hill, Mt. Davidson, Twin Peaks, Tank Hill, Monument Hill, Buena Vista Park and Corona Heights, then back to Cortland....

Ignore the map--our hike is half as far as the one shown there, but there's a goofy record of lots these places over at blog.myspace.com/index.cfm

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September 2nd
Angel Island--the paved loop plus the Mt Livermore "summit" hike

8.6 Miles (Time Permitting--we may only do 6 or 7 miles in order to catch the last Ferry)
www.parks.ca.gov/pages/468...ev0905.pdf

We'll do the Sunset Trail to Mt. Livermore, and then the North Ridge Trail down to the Perimeter Road which we'll do clockwise (folks who want to skip the Perimeter trip will can easily go counter-clockwise the other way to the Ferries).
This one is all about the views--the perimeter road is paved and full of strollers and bikes, but Angel Island is an amazing vantage point.
Get Ferry Tickets here:
www.blueandgoldfleet.com/Ferry...le.cfm
Folks can meet at the SF Ferry Building at 10:45 to take the 11:20 Ferry.
Return ferry leaves Angel Island at 3:55.
Here's a little more info (but not the jike we're doing) www.bahiker.com/northbayhi...island.html

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September 8th
Mt Tam East Peak plus Inspiration Point

Meet at 10:30am. Mountain Home Inn/Throckmorton Fire Station parking off Panoramic Higway (see brochure link:
www.parks.ca.gov/pages/471...ochure.pdf )
Hogback to Hoo Koo Ee Koo to Temelpa trail up and Fern Trail Down, approx. 10 miles. Kinda tough but scenic as all get out. Check out the photo from last winter: bayareahiking.tribe.net/photos...9717ac3
View it full size if you have time!
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September 23rd
Redwood Regional Park--Stream Trail Loop

This one's 3.5 miles but for folks interested in something longer we might make it a double loop after returning to the trailhead, heading out for another 7 miles further up to the ridge trail perhaps...
11am Meet near the Fishway Interpretive Site at the first parking area after the Redwood Gate entrance off Redwood Road (see map).
www.ebparks.org/files/EBRP...ap_full.pdf
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Let us know if you're coming so we know to look for you!
We'll get you a ride if you need one.
These are low-to-no-pressure groups--folks can run ahead with their stopwatches and headphones, dawdle and snack endlessly, take pictures, meditate, trot, ruminate, chat, not-chat, you name it. We just get there and enjoy the place however we each see fit, trying not to hinder anyone else from doing the same.
Cheers!

:)
Mike