The Fog Dodgers invite all residents and visitors of the Mendocino Coast to join us on our weekly group runs and walks. We have runners and walkers of all abilities (and even some bikers) and we have only one "rule" - we start at exactly 8:00 a.m. on Sundays. Exercise at your own pace (1/2 hour out, 1/2 hour back) and experience the fresh Mendocino coastal air.

Fog Dodgers provides a fun, safe way to explore some of our local trails and back roads and to meet new friends. You can find out where we're going to be by reading the bottom of last week's post, then clicking on the "Our Routes" tab above. We average 15-20 persons each Sunday and typically half will go to breakfast together afterwards at a nearby restaurant.

Sunday, December 13, 2020

MacKerricher State Park

Our plan this morning was to start from the Lake Cleone parking lot.  That plan was abandoned when it was discovered that State Parks had closed the road because, I guess, they couldn't scrape a little sand off of the roadway, finding it easier to just put up a barricade.

Leon made a command decision to park near the kiosk and we all followed, thereby saving the day!



John is still at Stanford, coming home soon.  He says that it was raining too hard down there this morning, so he hasn't walked or biked yet.  He was able to come up with some great photos taken on other days at MacKerricher.  I love this Great Blue Heron photo!


          
                                                                                      Ducks at MacKerricher
Thanks, John, for all of today's photos.

                                                                   
                  
It was a good morning for running, biking and walking around MacKerricher.  Present were:  Leon, Pat, Charlene, Toni, Joe, Deb, Sam, Bob, Nancy and Tom (10).  The King Tide, 7.2 feet, didn't play out as well as I had hoped, since the large surf that we had earlier in the week had calmed.

If we can still leave our shelters next week, we will meet on the Coastal Trail, west of Taco Bell.     

                                                                                                                           "Standing Tall Egret"


NEXT SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20TH @ 8:00 A.M.:  GROUP RUN/WALK/BIKE, COASTAL TRAIL- SOUTH (Taco Bell).   

EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, GROUP RUN/WALK @ 7:30 A.M.:  Beginning behind the Fort Bragg Fire Station on Tuesdays and on Big River Logging Road on Thursdays.

Posted by Tom at 12:39 PM

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