July 11, 2009

On Kathy's last day, we hiked at Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve, where they had a controlled burn a few days before. After our hike, we had a late lunch at Buck's of Woodside.

[ RussianRidge1 ]
unburned and burned areas

[ RussianRidge2 ]
Karen on the main trail through the burn area

[ RussianRidge3 ]
wildflowers in the unburned area

[ RussianRidge4 ]
Ancient Oaks Trail

[ RussianRidge5 ]
an ancient oak

[ PrayingMantis ]
native Praying Mantis, normally camouflaged in dry grass,
spotted crossing burn area, about 1" long

That's all for this vacation!

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