🇺🇸Happy 4th of🎉July Fashionable Hike🥾El Corte De Madera Creek Lunch @Alice's

Hello Natural Lovers, Let's meet up and go on a green exercise wellness Happy 4th of July 🇺🇲 hike, enjoy the nature and the beauty of the healing mountains, tall redwood forests for our physical health and Mental Well-being😇

🇺🇲 4th of July Hike – Stars, Stripes, and Sturdy Shoes!
Get ready to hike with style and sparkle this Independence Day!
We’re trading fireworks for fresh air and flags for trail markers – but we still want to keep the spirit alive!

Tafoni Sandstone Monolith, Redwood City, California
This unique formation appears as though an asteroid landed on the forest.

THIS UNIQUE FORMATION WAS CRAFTED over thousands of years due to a unique weathering process known as tafoni. It has created a honeycomb pattern that is a marvelous sight. From afar, it appears as though a skull has fallen from the sky. Standing next to this natural wonder certainly will make visitors feel small.

It is unclear of the etymology of the word “Tafoni.” It may be Italian in origin for the word for holes, taffoni, or perforations, tafonare. Also, it could be derived from the Greek word for tomb, taphos.
These geological formations can be found throughout the world, but are inclined to be in areas that are intertidal, consisting of semi-arid and dry conditions. The variations of levels of freezing and drying of moisture helps create what looks like a honeycomb effect.

### Tafoni Rock Formations

From the Tafoni Trail visitors to this preserve can see unique sandstone formations called Tafoni. Cave-like indentations and delicate honeycomb structures are formed in the sandstone by just the right combination of weather and atmospheric conditions.

It takes hundreds of years for tafoni to form. Please admire these fascinating geologic features from the observation deck and not climb the rocks so that others may enjoy them for years to come.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcxy3qykKqM

EL CORTE DE MADERA CREEK PRESERVE
More than 34 miles of multiuse trail are available for exploration at this 2,906-acre preserve. While this preserve is extremely popular with bicyclists, it also has lots of hearty hiking... Visitors will find creekside trails through mixed evergreen and redwood forests, enjoy ocean views, admire rare sandstone formations and experience a sense of remoteness while remaining close to an urban area.

*I have applied for MROSD Hiking Permit at this beautiful place for our Club. Yay!✌️🤗

*Meet 10:00am Skeggs Point parking lot
15463 CA-35 · Redwood City, CA
GPS: https://maps.app.goo.gl/eT6Jd6W7m2nVhxva8
**Hike time:10:30am
Level: moderately challenging
Total Distance: 5-6 miles
Hiking Time about: 2.5-3 hours
Elevation: 900 ft+
Mostly shaded trails
No dogs
Route type: Loop
Parking: Free

Bring smiles for miles! Hiking poles, Water, snacks...
Wear Hiking shoes, Layer...

Dress code: RED, WHITE, and BLUE!
Whether it’s a flag bandana, star-spangled leggings, or that old T-shirt with a bald eagle doing push-ups – wear your most patriotic outfit and let's turn the trail into a parade!
Uncle Sam might show up, but only if he can find his hiking boots.
Let’s hike for freedom, fitness, and fun!
Warning: Trail may experience high levels of laughter and questionable fashion choices.

Encouraging carpooling if you know each other well for everyone's safety. Please contact each other in private message not in the message board. Thank you! https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/wnrg9d

Optional: After hiking late lunch at Alice's
As always, we’ll reward ourselves with a post-hike lunch at Alice’s!
Because what says "America" more than fresh air followed by food?

Alice's Restaurant
http://www.alicesrestaurant.com
Only 7 minutes drive to get there
Address: 17288 Skyline Blvd, Woodside, CA 94062

*Requested contribution suggested amount $5-$20 to keep the club going!
​*Note: Thanks for joining our wellness club event, it does take time and money to make it happen. To support/keep our group alive and active, You can help! Dr.Heidi kindly asks for a contribution, accept in person.
Your contribution will help us cover our costs and make our Meetups going even better.

Our meetup events have a very positive impact on people's lives, people meet, fall in love💘 meet new friends, HAPPY, better health, less stress, anxiety, depression, isolate being alone and got extra bonus for LOVE ​💞

⚠️ Please Read Before Joining:
These hikes and group dinners are hosted voluntarily and with love for the outdoors and community. Participation is completely voluntary, and everyone joins at their own risk and responsibility.
👉 We kindly ask you to review the event details carefully — including directions, trail descriptions, and dinner spots — before joining.
Trails are part of nature and may not match everyone’s preferences. Dinner venues are selected based on group size, availability, and location. We do our best but can’t guarantee personal favorites.
🧡 Most importantly, come with an open heart, positive energy, and kindness. Let’s enjoy what we can control — good company, fresh air, and meaningful connections.

*DO NOT ATTEND if you're experiencing any cold or flu symptoms, have a compromised immune system.

*Hike at YOUR OWN RISK. Open trails aren't necessarily free of hazards--by entering the wilderness, you assume responsibility for your safety and must use good judgment.

*Participation in this event is strictly voluntary! The event host/organizer assumes no responsibility for any injury, damage, or loss you may incur. You join and hike entirely at your own risk.

*LIABILITY WAIVER: By signing up for the wellness walking/hiking event, you hereby release its organizers, hosts, and participants from any and all liability, claims, demands or causes of action that you now have, or may have in the future, for illness, injuries, damages, and/or economic loss of any kind or nature, arising in whole or in part out of the activities, advice, or information contained herein. You agree to full responsibility for your own health issues.

*DISCLAIMER: By participating in this wellness hiking event, you understand that Meetup event Host/Organizer assumes ABSOLUTELY NO responsibility and you have to assume all at your own risk of injury, damage, and economic loss, without limitation, and release host/Organizer of all liability.

*We are an intermediate hike group. Please be ready to keep up hiking with us from 5-8 miles without any health issues.
If anyone wishes to join our hike team, please answer the RSVP question every time for everyone's safety in the group. If you are unable to send me a message confirming that you are in good health and you are able to walk/hike 5-8 miles without health issues we CANNOT approve you come to the hiking event.
*Please don't just walk in. Thank you for your cooperation!

I'm looking forward to meeting, hiking with you and making good memories together.
Yours in good health! Dr. Heidi💝

❤️American Heart Association BLS-CPR, Heartsaver CPR, First Aid Courses -Learn and Live!❤️
*Three courses available upon request:
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*By taking this course, you're contributing to the safety and well-being of those around you.
*These skills are crucial for everyone to know, as they can help save the lives of loved ones, friends, or even strangers in the community.