Mapping Upper Fallen Bridge Trail

I had a couple of goals during this trip to Jack London.  First, I needed to map the Upper Fallen Bridge Trail segment, which had escaped my notice in the past.  Secondly, I wanted to try out saving geocaches to a saved list on my phone to confirm I could see its details and navigate to it even without cell phone coverage.  Success on both accounts.

We spotted a large number of ground squirrels darting around the vineyard.  Later in the hike we spotted a large number of dead "meat bees" around a piece what might have been chicken on the ground.  We're not sure what happened there.

Coppertone and I did a balloon hike covering a bit less than 5 miles including our needed trail.  The weather was a bit weird.  Kind of warm and very still.  The stillness made the warmth feel even hotter than it was.  A little breeze now and then would have helped a great deal.

Relief came when we got to the middle of the Upper Fallen Bridge Trail.  The temperature in the North Ashbury Creek valley here was noticeably cooler than elsewhere on this day.  A very pleasant stroll here.

Coppertone was having some blister issues with her shoes, so we took the most direct route down the mountain at that point.  We did stop along the Lake Service Road trail to find the geocache mentioned earlier then we called it a day.