Night Walk

A three and three quarters mile (five and three quarters kilometer), 69 foot (21 meter) elevation walk over four and a quarter hours, (one hour moving) in San Francisco, California. About 7300 steps.

a mama doe on a hillside of grass. behind the doe the brush thickens but is not a forrest, in which two others (at least) younger deer linger, unpictured but who walked by just after I took this photo

a black snake about two feet long with white rings and a white belly crosses left to right on a gravel path

The same snake from passing by, heading away from me

took the fam to the Pulgas Temple via the Sheep Camp Trail, saw flowers, saw water, saw lizard, saw deer, saw snek, not bad for a 'burbs hike!

the first time I came out here in '17 we took a more boring route and saw none of these things save the water, go figure.

A green sign with white uppercase routed letters hanging from a green pipe on a larger steel pole, surrounded by green deciduous, pine, and bushes under a clear blue sky, which reads:PULGAS TEMPLETERMINUSHETCH HETCHY AQUEDUCTSAN FRANCISCOWATER DEPARTMENT

a smattering of papery-leafed pink flowers with yellow centers over greenery

a ground covering greenery with tiny yellow flowers

photograph of the pulgas temple, a (pasting from wikipedia) a circle of fluted Corinthian columns surmounted by a large masonry ring bearing the inscription "I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people" [from Isaiah 43:20]. There is a reflecting pool lined with cypress trees.

Afternoon Walk

A four and three quarters mile (seven and three quarters kilometer), 397 foot (121 meter) elevation walk over two and a quarter hours, (one and three quarters hours moving) in California. About 9600 steps.

Afternoon Walk

A one and three quarters mile (two and three quarters kilometer), 39 foot (12 meter) elevation walk over one and a quarter hours, (half an hour moving) in San Francisco, California. About 3600 steps.