This is not a review of Garin Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park, but instead it is a review of a loop…read moretrail of segments from High Ridge Loop Trail, Pioneer Trail, and Meyers Ranch Trail. These three trails occur in Garin Dry Creek Regional Park. The common trailhead for both Meyers Ranch Trail (takes you north) and High Ridge Loop Trail (takes you south) occurs about 50 feet away from this parking lot.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LOOP TRAIL: My photographs show trees shaped like giant mushrooms, where the cap of the giant mushroom-tree is about 30-feet wide. Other photos show rolling hills in the distance, with dense groves of trees situated in the ravines between rolling hills that are far in the distance, and rolling hills closer to the hiker. My photos also show a gnarly tree with trunks looking like octopus arms, with huge 1-foot wide tentacles growing from the tree trunk. Other photographs show a herd of black cows, resting near each other in the grass. Other photos show plush toys (quails, a frog, and a turtle) residing at various places near the loop trail. Another of my photographs shows a triangle-shaped stone, where I used enamels to paint a trail map on the stone. Toy cows sit on the stone. The toy cows know that they should not sit on the enamel-painted trails and, for this reason, these cows are smart and well-behaved
BIG LOOP TRAIL CONSISTING OF SEGMENTS OF 3 DIFFERENT TRAILS. I took photos of a group of about 20 black cows, sitting peacefully on the grass in a shaded area next to High Ridge Loop Trail. Continuing in a counterclockwise hiking path, High Ridge Loop Trail includes a hairpin loop and, just beyond this hairpin loop, the trail gets steeper and steeper, and the view gets grander and more beautiful. From the steep part of this trail, one can gaze into the steep ravine by the north edge of the trail, and wonder in amazement at the fact that large trees grow out of the slope above the ravine, despite the fact that the slope is at a 45 degree angle. Looking to the west are more sights that evoke wonder and amazement, and these take the form of rolling hills in the distance, where patches of trees occurring in groves reciding in steep ravines. Some of the hills are entirely covered with trees.
FROG AND TURTLE IN THE DRY CREEK BED. Regarding the dry creek running parallel to Meyers Ranch Trail, I went off-trail and hiked along the dry creek bed. I encountered a large puddle, and posed my frog and turtle on top of stones situated in the large puddle. In the dry creek bed, I found a triangle-shaped stone. I painted a trail map on the stone, and then posed some cows on the stone, and took a photograph of the prepared stone. See, attached photo of triangular stone.
The cows are from Hobbies Unlimited on Manor Blvd. in San Leandro. On the stone, I used enamel paints, to paint the names of Meyer's Ranch Trail, Pioneer Trail, High Peaks Ridge Trail, May Trail, May Road, and Tamarack Drive. The enamel paint is from Hobbies Unlimited. The frog is from the gift shop at Henry Coe State Park. The turtle was made by Folkmanis Puppets in Emeryville, CA.
Several feet away from Meyers Ranch Trail, I inserted a metal rod into the hard earth. This metal rod has a hook on the end of it, and the hook held a sign reading, QUAIL CROSSING. I put two California quails on the ground next to the sign. The QUAIL CROSSING sign is available by mail order from the gift shop at Anza Borrego Desert State Park. The quails are from Wild Republic. See, attached photo of the sign and the quails.
