NEW! December 9th "Salmon Walk" Set

On the first Tuesday of "Winterim" (hikes between the end of Fall and beginning of Winter hiking series through the College of Marin), December 9th, we'll spend about two hours in the morning along creeks and streams in San Geronimo Valley with Dick Jordan's friend, and SPAWN naturalist, Megan Isadore, looking for spawning salmon. We may not find any fish as large as this 85 pounder picked up off a stream bank near Redding (see Tom Stienstra's "Monster Salmon" story in this Sunday's San Francisco Chronicle), but with luck, we'll spot a number of fish returning to reproduce in Marin's watersheds.

Lunch at the Two Bird Cafe in the San Geronomio Valley will follow. The salmon walk will go, rain or shine.

Further details on the outing will be posted to the blog and e-mailed to the group early in December. Cost will be $10 (which goes to SPAWN; you can make a larger donation if you wish; since Wendy is going along as a "student" she won't charge the usual "Pay-As-You-Go" hike fee). Group size limited to twenty. Let Dick Jordan know by December 2nd (the "Final Exam" hike) if you plan on coming.

If you just can't go on the December 9th tour with SPAWN, you can click here to sign up on-line for one of its creek walks (Saturday/Sunday from November 15 through January 18th; walks also offered on Thanksgiving and the day after Turkey Day), And if you just don't get enough blog-food from the Meandering On Tuesday blog, click here for SPAWN's "Salmon Blog"!