Mt. Tam

· Maine Event

Today was warm and sunny. We took the bus to the top of Pantoll and hiked around up there, and then came down the Matt Davis trail. We had lunch at our usual special spot and said hello to the final resting place of my dad. Taking the Stagecoach was super fun, it really was bumpy like a horse and buggy - it was also freeing that we didn't have to get back to a car. Also, the parking lot at Pantoll was packed with circling cars, and when we got back to the beach, that parking lot was also bursting. Steep Ravine is closed for repairs, so that old favorite loop wasn't an option.

We came home and had a little ice cream. Made dinner. Went for a sunset walk and watched the moon rise. Perfect Saturday.

Only the barest hint of fog this morning
One little brilliant blue Pride of Madeira flower brilliantly shows off amongst the muted colors of the end-of-summer
Blue sky up there somewhere
Green green Serpentine
Our local buckwheat relative
This was quite a surprise to come across: pieces of a new black Infinity on the Matt Davis. Here is the story we discovered. Mystery solved.
Sutro Tower
Hi there, Dad!
Almost finished with our hike - it's hot!
The moon is formally full tomorrow. Tonight it's 99.6% Full. It is also known as the Corn Moon.
Good Night and sleep well.

Have a perfect day.

Sending oodles of love,

Tawnia

Bird List - 38 species today

Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Heermann's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Brown Pelican
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Acorn Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Western Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Steller's Jay
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Wrentit
Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Pacific Wren
Bewick's Wren
European Starling
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Pine Siskin
Dark-eyed Junco
Song Sparrow
California Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Wilson's Warbler