Caspar Logging Road

Great turnout this morning.  Good to see Johnny back running again - much better than working!

It was 43° when we started and 46° when we finished.  But for those of us that took the southerly trail, it felt a lot warmer after making our way back up that hill!

As I said, it was a good turnout with Neil, Steve & Ora, John L. (thanks for today's photo), Toni, Larry, Johnny, Jim & Cindy, Mark & Gay, Jenny I, Jan & Mark, Rod, Joel, Laurie and Roger.  Amazingly, there were no Nancys on todays walk!

Breakfast followed at Davids.

NEXT SUNDAY, April 1st @ 8:00 A.M.: TEN MILE RIVER LOGGING ROAD, see our routes above. 
EVERY TUESDAY @ 7:00 A.M.: RUSSIAN GULCH STATE PARK, beginning on Point Cabrillo Drive, 1/10 of a mile north of its south end.
EVERY THURSDAY @ 7:00 A.M.: VAN DAMME STATE PARK, beginning at the beach.

MacKerricher Haul Road

Thanks, John, for this picture of the Pudding Creek Trestle. I can tell that it was not taken this morning by all of the footprints and the afternoon sun. This morning, the wind had blown the beach completely clean and flat. The wind even took John's hat this morning as we crossed the trestle. After the fact editing: I was wrong. It is a sunrise photo and the smoothed sand that I observed was only on the west side of the trestle.

Whoa, it was windy!! This morning, we met at the Pudding Creek Trestle, to run and walk the MacKerricher Haul Road. Temperature would have been okay, since it was 45 but with the wind blowing northwest steadily at 30 plus, it felt darn near freezing!

It was really nice to have Santa Cruz Sarah back for her second run with us and Anthony (Tony) from Healdsburg. Both Sarah and Tony were divisional winners in yesterdays Whale Run. Congrats to Nancy R., also a divisional champion! Also brave enough to run or walk this morning were: Joel, John, Gay, Steve, Nancy B., Rick, Nancy T., Roger, Toni, Cindy, Jim, Nancy and Tom (15). Nine of us joined Sarah's dad, Wynn, at David's for a very nice breakfast.

NEXT SUNDAY, March 25 @ 8:00 A.M.: CASPAR LOGGING ROAD, see "Our Routes" above.

EVERY TUESDAY @ 7:00 A.M.: RUSSIAN GULCH STATE PARK, beginning on Point Cabrillo Drive, 1/10 of a mile north of its south end.

EVERY THURSDAY @ 7:00 A.M.: VAN DAMME STATE PARK, beginning at the beach.

Big River Logging Road

Photos from John show what this morning was like, thanks John.

It was 48 degrees, calm and the morning showers broke, just in time for our 8:00 a.m. start at Big River. It was a real good morning for running and walking along beautiful Big River.

Present were: Jenny, Larry, Lindsey, Bob, John, Rod, Toni, Nancy T., Roger, Nancy and Tom (11).



Next Saturday is the Whale Run. For those that are not going to do it, we offer a second chance to walk or run the Haul Road on Whale Festival weekend. Don't know if you'll see whales but at least it won't be muddy. It is supposed to be rainy all week.

NEXT SUNDAY, March 18th @ 8:00 A.M.: MACKERRICHER HAUL ROAD, see "Our Routes" above.

EVERY TUESDAY @ 7:00 A.M.: RUSSIAN GULCH STATE PARK, beginning on Point Cabrillo Drive, 1/10 of a mile north of its south end.
EVERY THURSDAY @ 7:00 A.M.: VAN DAMME STATE PARK, beginning at the beach.

JSF Rd. 450, Hare Creek

We couldn't see it from the road we on this morning but we were near it! Thanks, John, for today's photo, an old water wheel in Waterfall Gulch, a Hare Creek tributary and the source of much of Fort Bragg's water supply(it goes by pipeline from near Simpson Lane to the pond at Newman Gulch, near Summers Lane.

Okay, it was a beautiful, crisp morning, 38 degrees, sunny and calm. Nice to meet 3 First Timers, Jenny, Sherry and Peter. Also present: Joel, Lindsey, Bob, Charlene, Ron, Geri, Jan, Marc, Nancy B., Rick, Gay, Mark, Cindy, Jim, Toni, Nancy T., Roger, Fran, Nancy and Tom (23).

NEXT SUNDAY, MARCH 11th @ 8:00 A.M. PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME!!! Big River Logging Road (aka Ron Jahelka Trail), see "Our Routes" above. Breakfast options: Little River Inn, Bayview Cafe, St. Anthony's Pancake Breakfast ?????

EVERY TUESDAY @ 7:00 A.M.: RUSSIAN GULCH STATE PARK, beginning on Point Cabrillo Drive, 1/10 of a mile north of its south end.

EVERY THURSDAY @ 7:00 A.M.: VAN DAMME STATE PARK, beginning at the beach.