Here's Wendy's description of this upcoming hike:"This is a lovely loop with views of Limantour Estero. If it’s not foggy, we should see lots of [butterflies, such as] Wood Nymphs, and probably Mylitta Crescents, Buckeyes, and Acmon Blues, and we can hope for the endangered Myrtle’s Silverspot that we saw one year. We usually get good views of Northern harriers and sometimes see the tule elk."
As of Sunday, the National Weather Service forecast for Tuesday at Inverness (the closest reporting point to where we'll be hiking) calls for patchy fog before 11 am, then mostly sunny, with a high near 64, and calm winds becoming west between 8 and 11 mph later in the day. (As always, it can be much cooler and foggier near the coast; click here for an updated forecast).
Directions: This will be a car shuttle, so please call if you plan to come. (Meet at St. Rita at 8:55 to carpool).
Take Sir Francis Drake Boulevard west to Olema. Turn right on Route1, then make an immediate left onto Bear Valley Road. Continue past Park Headquarters (turn in if you need a restroom) and go left on Limantour Road. Park in the parking lot at Limantour Beach. (There is an outhouse at Limantour Beach parking lot). We’ll end up at Limantour Beach and avoid the muddy Muddy Hollow trail.
The Martins' book, Hiking Marin, includes a 6.7 mile trek in the area where we'll be hiking:
(Click here to view and print the hike description and map. If you have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer you can print the document. Once you see the document on the "Scribd" Web site, click on the "Download" icon and then on the "PDF" icon to open the document on your computer).
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