something to ponder

"Life is a journey not a destination"

Wild Flower HIke part 2

thought I would share a few more photos from our wildflower hike
photo is blury but I thought it gave the photo character! I love the color









above the photo of
a very old Adobe home that
was built in the 1800's this is what remains of it the state park built an awning over it. I especially liked the
fire place





The brown shed is an actual meat packing shed that one of the known
ranchers in Los Banos his name Henry Miller had placed on the property which is now California State Park Property





we have taken a bit of a hiatus from hiking till my husband recuperates from his surgery
we do have more that we will be going on we are truly enthralled in utilizing the beauty the park services have to offer around us.

Wild Flower HIke

It seems as though my husband and I have fallen into the wonderful art of hiking this past weekend we took a 3 mile wildflower hike up at Dinosaur point the photo here is what is known as Miners Lettuce it is called this because the Miners used to eat it
along our hike we saw many different wild flowers and were told that more will be blooming this hike runs weekends through March




Yellow and purple are sure pretty together









I am not sure what the daisy looking flower is called but I thought it in the daisy family

Path of the Padres the Finale

The conclusion of the path of the Padre hike and photos are in a random order
as you can see the pontoon boat taking us back to where we started
we all were ready to enjoy sitting after such a long hike!






I could not pass up the photo opportunity that my
husband gave me while he was resting on the rock
is he not a cutie pie!




my co-worker Rebeca and her husband Keith we all had such fun together!!



If you ever get the chance to take this hike I recommend it the park does this only once a year on weekends
in March.

path of the Padres Part 4

In my continuing sharing my path of the Padre hike I took two weeks ago
here are a few more photos not in any order the top photo is of the group of fun folks that took the hike the youngest was 13. we are on a bridge that the park service built
especially for this hike a few years ago because the park service wanted towns folk and travelers to enjoy the beauty and history of the path of the Padre hike. some beautiful wild poppies the fields were covered I never saw up close how wide a poppy can open up till I took this hike

the next post will be the final chapter in the path of the Padre hike.

Path of the Padres Part 3

As I continue to show the photos of my hike of the path of the padres I
wanted to share more photos

the stream is actually where the Padres would bath the town of Los Banos was really named Arroyo De Los Banos which really means
the canyon of the baths most folks now a days think Los Banos means "The Bathrooms" which in fact it could but that is not the true name. the baths is surrounded by Sycamore grove and according to the rangers is still one of the oldest in Ca state park history.

along the hike there are some soft rock and though this photo is not very clear it is a grinding stone where the Native Americans would crush acorn
and plants.

Of course the land is fenced off and
there is private land and I thought
this cow looked pretty.

Path of the Padres Part 2

when you take this hike you cross a property line and go out of the State Park property
I thought the sign was interesting as it hung on a barb wire fence




















The photo of our guide Richard he reminded my husband of his late grandfather. he has been with the park service since 1965!
The pontoon boat ride to where we will begin the hike this boat ride goes for about 3 mi my coworker sitting next to me with the visor on the other folks next to me were a nice couple

I will continue with a few more photos
in the week to come