Last weekend, after picking strawberries as part of Farm Fresh to You’s spring farm tour, we headed further up CA-16 to Cache Creek Canyon Regional Park, at the north end of Capay Valley. Thanks to info gleaned from Yolohiker.org, we decided to take the Frog Pond Trail, a 5 mile loop with an elevation gain of 660 feet. It seemed like the elevation gain was all right at the beginning, and then we were cutting through tall spring grass, rolling meadows with trees, and some interesting dense brush.

We made it safely across (on foot of course)

The trail was fuzzy with new grass

Looking across the valley to the mountains on the other side

This California Kingsnake scared the bejeebus out of us

The Frog Pond after which the trail is named

We pretty much had the whole place to ourselves

A picturesque stone barn

• Thanksgiving at Joshua Tree
• Mt. Tamalpais grass
• The flowers of Dipsea
• Hanging out on the farm
• To the top of Mount Diablo

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