Saturday morning offered a rare, brief window free from both lesson-planning and rain, so we went out to explore a new park nearby which purported to have some good waterfalls. Given the recent consistently heavy precipitation we've been having, this sounded like a good option.
Uvas Canyon is maybe 45 min South of us, kind of towards Santa Cruz but further East. The many waterfalls were nice - kind of reminded me of hiking in New England where the trails often follow a rocky creek through the woods. Banjo, as always, loved getting to romp around a bit and sniff a bunch of new smells. And apparently this place is ladybug Mecca. Check out the conglomeration of little red bugs below! There were masses of them on rocks, trees, sticks, leaves, you name it! Strange. Although our sighting was
apparently not an isolated incident - I've since learned they like to winter in Santa Clara county. It's fun that we are still - after five years living in the Bay Area - still discovering new places to explore!
Ladybug convention on a mossy rock
Closeup of some of our ladybug friends
Group shot, sans Tom
Saturday morning offered a rare, brief window free from both lesson-planning and rain, so we went out to explore a new park nearby which purported to have some good waterfalls. Given the recent consistently heavy precipitation we've been having, this sounded like a good option. Uvas Canyon is maybe 45 min South of us, kind of towards Santa Cruz but further East. The many waterfalls were nice - kind of reminded me of hiking in New England where the trails often follow a rocky creek through the woods. Banjo, as always, loved getting to romp around a bit and sniff a bunch of new smells. And apparently this place is ladybug Mecca. Check out the conglomeration of little red bugs below! There were masses of them on rocks, trees, sticks, leaves, you name it! Strange. Although our sighting was apparently not an isolated incident - I've since learned they like to winter in Santa Clara county. It's fun that we are still - after five years living in the Bay Area - still discovering new places to explore!
Ladybug convention on a mossy rock
Closeup of some of our ladybug friends
Group shot, sans Tom
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