Walking for exercise

Walk for exercise. We'll start at 11 & be back by 1, cross the dam, walk the trail towards the spillway and up the old road and looping back on pavement. We'll stop occasionally to look at bird life.

Wear a hat, bring water, and use hiking poles, sun glasses. The ground can be really slippery from loose pebbles. Wear shoes that can take brief steep slippery slopes. Poison Oak is everywhere. If you are susceptible, wear long sleeves, long pants, and stay on the trail. After, change and wash clothes in soap in water. Wear light colored clothes - the better to see ticks.

In the spring of 2024 we saw a baby rattler on the trail. Several years back we saw a baby rattler up on the Rafella drive, part of our loop.

rsvp & we know to wait a few minutes for you. otherwise, we might start on time or early.
I started this walk because I enjoyed this meetup in Santa Rosa so much and this was an area I walked regularly already & is 1 mile from work & 5 miles from home. I'm so glad that we've kept going 11 years & we've all benefited!