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A small pool of water remains from last year's wet season.
A small pool of water remains from last year's wet season.
Date: October 13, 2006, 21h07
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Animal bones along the creekbed.
Animal bones along the creekbed.
Date: October 13, 2006, 21h07
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The trail follows the creek, but sometimes rises up the bordering hills a bit.
The trail follows the creek, but sometimes rises up the bordering hills a bit.
Date: October 13, 2006, 21h07
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A big grass tuft (muhlenbergia, I think) sits in the dry creek bed.
A big grass tuft (muhlenbergia, I think) sits in the dry creek bed, waiting for the fall rains that will begin in earnest in a month or two.
Date: October 13, 2006, 21h09
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Old oaks along the dry Coyote Creek, some 1200 feet above San Jose and Silicon Valley
After almost a mile, I reach Los Cruzeros and turn back toward Arnold Horse Camp. The sun is descending slowly and I probably won't get to see any of the glorious sunset from down here in the canyon (even though I'm still some 1200 feet above San Jose).
Date: October 13, 2006, 21h51
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Old corral fence and tarweed
On the way back, I pass by the remains of another old corral and its fence. Much tarweed (the yellow flowers) growing around here; at least I think that's what it is.
Date: October 13, 2006, 21h51
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A trail of thousands of ants stretches across the Narrows Trail
The faint dark line that crosses the footpath and heads into the grass is a dense trail of thousands of ants, all going somewhere, apparently carrying something. I wonder how many years these ants have been following this trail.
Date: October 13, 2006, 21h51
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More tarweed (?)
More tarweed (if that's what it is) along the trail. It smells great, almost a lemony evergreen smell, similar to wooly blue curls (trichostema lanatum). Unfortunately, the plant leaves lots of tiny sticky burs that attach themselves to socks and legs!
Date: October 13, 2006, 21h51
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Red bugs
I don't know what this plant is or what these neato red bugs are.
Date: October 13, 2006, 21h54
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