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Hike: Edgewood County Park & Preserve 10 Old Stagecoach Road, Redwood City, CA Second Hike of Foothill College Day Hike Class Instructor: Thomas McCarthy (PHED23B) Friday, October 11, 2013, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm By Peter Y. Chou WisdomPortal.com |
| Preface: This is the second hike in Thomas McCarthy's Day Hike Class (PHED 23B) at Foothill College. An old friend gave me a ride to today's hike at Edgewood County Park (Map), 10 Old Stagecoach Road, Redwood City. I recall hiking here on July 4 some 15 years ago and didn't appreciate seeing Highway 280 near the trails. The instructor gave the class a detailed map highlighting the trails to follow in a clockwise loop— Starting from the Picnic Area we went left on the Sylvan Trail to Serpentine Loop to Franciscan Trail to Serpentine Loop to Edgewood Tral. Then right on Edgewood Trail going straight back to the Picnic Area Entrance. The 3-mile hike took two hours (1-3 pm). While last week's hike at Palo Alto Baylands was out in the open air with numerous birds, today's hike was inland with many switchbacks surrounded by Bay Trees, Eucalyptus, and California Live Oaks. We encountered few wildflowers that would have proliferated this park in springtime. Below are 46 photos from today's Edgewood Park hike. |
 Edgewood County Park Signpost |
 Wooden Bridge by Trail Bend |
 Virgin Bower (Clematis) on Sylvan Trail |
 Oak Tree at Entrance |
 Trailhead at Sylvan Trail |
 Dry Creek on Sylvan Trail |
 Dry Creek on Sylvan Trail |
 Bay Trees on Sylvan Trail |
 Faces in Rocks on Sylavan Trail |
 Sylvan Loop Signpost |
 Four Faces in Rocks |
 Dead Y-Tree at Trail Bend |
 Sylvan Exercise Loop Sign |
 Serpentine Loop Signpost |
 House on Hill from Sylvan Trail |
 Vista of House on Hill from Trail |
 Vista of Stanford Hoover Tower |
 Wooden Fence along Sylvan Loop |
 Three Oaks on Distant Hill |
 Franciscan Trail Signpost |
 Rock Pile on Sylvan Loop |
 Class Hikers on Serpentine Loop |
 No Shade on "Desolation Trails" |
 Rocks on Serpentine Loop |
 Highway 280 and Powerlines |
 California Live Oak on Serpentine Loop |
 Vista of Houses on Serpentine Loop |
 Edgewood Trail Signpost |
 Back in the Shade on Edgewood Trail |
 Young Manzanita Tree |
 Gnarly Bay Tree |
 "Lizard Tongue" in Oak Tree |
 "O Cry" from Dead Oak Tree |
 Gnarly Bay Tree Branches |
 "Shake Dancing" Gnarly Bay Trees |
 Fallen "Crocodile Tree" with Open Jaws |
 Leaveless Bay Tree |
 Monterey Cypress |
 Edgewood Park Info Board |
 Oak Tree at Entrance |
 Edgewood & Franciscan Trails Signpost |
 Edgewood Trail Signpost |
 Help Grow Garden Info Board |
 Edgewood Trail Sign at Entrance |
 Bill & Jean Lane Education Center Sign |
 Wooden Bridge at Entrance |
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