posted 03/03/14 - Rain. Lots of rain. Rivers of rain. Yay! I got totally soaked, and I loved it. And, great rumbling thunder, too!... erm, okay, it was a little scary under the towering, swaying Monterey pines. I've been coordinating another excursion with a fellow blogger, but then it occurred to me that I don't have to drive 2 hours north in order to hike in the rain. It only takes 10 minutes up the hill by car to get to the end of a PG road where I park. Then I walk into Pebble Beach to avoid paying the toll road fee ($10!) to get to Del Monte Forest Conservancy property. Andy regularly runs through here from home. I should visit more often. This SFGate article mentions obtaining a "Pebble Beach Nature Trails" map from the local hotels; I always wondered about the colored trail markers but had no idea how to obtain information. This location includes the surrounding Huckleberry Hill Natural Habitat Area with a cute pygmy Gowen cypress forest. I have plenty of IDs to post from this amazingly diverse location, which is being actively managed. Hopefully, at some point I'll add the details later. But, for now, I'm off on another adventure...
