Sam McDonald with Alice's Restaurant. 9mi 1650 ft elevation gain

This is a longer hike than our standard hike here. We will cover 9 miles with 1650 feet of elevation gain thus the 4 hours allotted.
route:
Route from Sam McDonald parking lot:

\> Heritage Grove Trail
\> Sierra Club Hiker’s Hut
\> Towne Fire Road
\> View Point
\> Towne Fire Road
\> East Brook Trail
\> Pomponio Trail
\> Jones Gulch Trail
\> West Brook Trail
\> Towne Fire Road
\> Towne Fire Spur Trail to Sam McDonald parking lot

Alltrails map here

See https://openspacetrust.org/blog/sam-mcdonald/ for the incredible story of a son of slaves, who gave so much back.

Meet at the Main parking lot for Sam McDonald County Park (coordinates
37.29653° N, 122.26552° W or if you prefer 37.296704,-122.265410). Bring $6 in cash to pay and fill out a pay envelope and display the stub on your dashboard. There are restrooms in the parking lot.
Directions: Take Highway 84 (La Honda Rd) across Skyline.
Go past Skyline another 6.6 miles south on La Honda Rd and turn left onto Pescadero Creek Rd.
Go 1.5 mi and watch for the wooden sign on the right for Sam McDonald Park.
Carpooling encouraged:
arrange carpools here

After the hike, let's go have lunch at everyone's favorite, Alice's Restaurant @17288 Skyline Blvd, Woodside , CA 94062, where you truly can get anything you want.
The IOPQ this week will be: If you could truly get anything that you wanted, what would it be?

If 9 miles of hiking isn't enough activity for you, feel free to join me for dancing at Rock the Dock at 3:30 to hear the Love Handles (Dance, Rock, Disco with Horns!) : rock the dock calendar
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