I have lost my hikiing stick sometime between Brooks Fall Loop on March 16th and our hike today. If anymore has found one, please let me know. I will be purchasing another one this weekend UNLESS either Jackey, Cathy, or Judie don’t claim yours. One of you left your in in my car.
It was a beautiful day for our hike at Shell 
Ridge. Todays hikers were Aleta S., Judie B., Claudia W. (great to have you back!), Floy H., Barbara J., Jackey H., Cathy K., and Sharon K. The hills were a beautiful green. Barbara had to lead us onto Kovar trail as they moved the sign on me. What a surprise. I’m glad Barbara who claims these hills as her old stomping ground as with us today. Now it is Kovar’s Secret Trail that takes us up to the narrow ridge. There were not as many wildflowers as in previous years but we did see a few miniture lupine, the showy blue penstemon, mules ears, california poppies, geranium, and a profuse amount of buttercups. Its funny how one flower will dominate in certain years when the conditions are perfect for it.
After hiking Kovar Trail we hiked out on Indian Creek Trail and then back. Alot of people were out with their dogs todoy. We hiked for about 2 hours with a short side trip at the end to a neighborhood in Walnut Creek that had some large, new homes.
Afterwards we had lunch at Bagel Street Cafe. It was a good day except for the sad news the Floy will be soon moving to southern Califonria. Hiking will not be the same without her. We will miss her positive attitude, interesting stories about her travels, and her knowledge about birds plus so much more.
Happy Trails, Shaorn
