Red Convertible

I went for a hike on Sunday with Hali, Margaret & Tuffy. This picture was taken at the start while we were walking though the stables.

We all trekked from Tuffy’s stable up through the redwoods until we reached Conifer Road. At that point, Hali and Tuffy turned back, while Margaret and I continued on towards the ridge with its attendant views. At one point the fire road that we were on turned into a crumbled-up jumble of fine rocky serpentinite.

Of great interest to Mike was Margaret’s pointing out to him the California native plant Baccharis pilularis, aka Coyote Brush, very like to the invasive broom species.

Alas, I fear that for Tuffy the hike had a certain negative quality to it, due to him being given several turn-back cues that turned out to be incorrect. Tuffy certainly likes that turn-back point.

Photo: Red Convertible—Marin County, 2008