We're still trying to get out there and go hiking somewhere every weekend, and this past weekend in-between rainstorms on Valentine's Day (we made parking reservations in January) we hiked with my SIL and BIL at
Uvas Canyon County Park. They had been hiking there before and had always recommended it, so they were very kind to function as our tour guides.
I had never been in this part of Morgan Hill before, it's really lovely. Just a couple mountain ranges over from us, but still an hour and half drive.
SIL and DH taking pictures of BIL walking up the trail along the first waterfall.
There he is, almost blending in.
Then DH had to hike up and join him of course.
It was very mossy and wet around all the waterfalls of course, and the air has that wonderful extra oxygen feeling.
I wasn't about to try and scramble up those mossy wet rocks, I was very glad there was a trail even though it was quite steep.
Probably Turkey Tail, aren't they lovely?
Either Witch's Butter or Orange Jelly Spot, jelly fungus which grows on dead trees. Such a brilliant bright color on a dark cloudy day. Especially with the contrast of the bright green moss.
Lots of downed trees throughout the hike, but this gully was really a mess.
I always love when I notice an "eye" on a tree trunk. That was a 3.5 mile hike with a lot of elevation gain, so we were both a little sore the next day. But very glad that we
- Got out of the house
- Saw our family
- Went on a hike in a new place.
The bonus was finding a rather awesome ramen place in Morgan Hill to get an early dinner.
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