Our fearless leader spotted this young raccoon crossing our path and settling into a tree. This cut face-on view lasted only briefly; when we all stopped to ooh and ahh and take photos, he headed quickly for deeper foliage.

From the Picchetti Winery parking lot into the Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve along the Zinfandel trail with the usual maniacal Wednesday night speed-hiking group. Plus a 10-minute bonus walk at the end up "cardiac hill".

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elf1 > Stevens Creek Reservoir, looking northeast towards the dam. The sunset made for beautiful lighting. I'd never seen the Reservoir from this angle before.

elf1 > Stevens Creek Reservoir again, looking northeast towards the dam; this time I think I have the whole reservoir in view (the additional section from center to center-right is mostly behind trees, but you can just see the last bit at center-right). It's not a super-wide reservoir, but long.

elf1 > Our fearless leader spotted this young raccoon crossing our path and settling into a tree. This cut face-on view lasted only briefly; when we all stopped to ooh and ahh and take photos, he headed quickly for deeper foliage.

elf1 > Picchetti pond at dusk, filled with reeds. This is a wet-season pond, protected for the wildlife that it supports.

elf1 > Karin in her usual aspect. Really, she takes tons more photos than I do!

elf1 > Bob in his gigantic truck; Sierra clubbers thought that a photo would make good blackmail material. (In fact it's not his truck, he's just using it while his car is in the shop. I think. Or it's a good story.)

elf1 > My black shoes show how dusty the trail was.

Our fearless leader spotted this young raccoon crossing our path and settling into a tree. This cut face-on view lasted only briefly; when we all stopped to ooh and ahh and take photos, he headed quickly for deeper foliage.