Glen Canyon Park

We hiked through here today. Amazing wildflowers this time of year. This park is one of my favorite spots in the city.

Henry Coe

This weekend we joined some of our friends for a birthday weekend (not ours, theirs) backpack trip to Henry Coe State Park. HCSP is California's largest state park. It is a wilderness gem in California's crown just a few miles south of San Jose.

We saw roughly a trillion lady bugs...really an amazing site:

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Henry Coe is known for its wildflowers in the spring and our visit did not disappoint!

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A budding California Buckeye:

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A field of shooting stars:

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13 stream crossings in 1 mile!

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The group:

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Frost??? What's that???

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The camp at night, 15 minute exposure:

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Newt?

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Chillaxin' in the Coe, yo!

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Smart Cat?

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well...not that smart

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Donner Pass

We showshoed to Lost Trail Lodge near Donner Pass last weekend with some friends. We missed all the snow, which was both good and bad.

Our hike in on Saturday was hot!

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but we relaxed by the fire when we arrived at the lodge.

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Olivia and Ginger pose with the cabin.

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Olivia does a flip in the snow.

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Mandolin? No problem!

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Oh, so comfortable!

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Heading home. In the rain.

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