Great mix of terrain

Coppertone and I took a couple of hours to get outside during our recent trip to the Bay Area.  We did a loop that included the west side of the park's ridge trails and even descended into the Redwood Creek Stream Trail for a bit.

We saw the largest concentration of lady bugs either of us have ever seen along one strtch of the Stream Trail.  It must have been thousands and thousands of them clumped together on bushes and plants.  The grouping was very dense and the overall area where they laid was small.  Somehow all of the lady bugs decided to come to this very small spot.  It evoked images of the Monarchs gathering in Mexico.  Incredible!