Circle the Bay: Day 28: Coyote Hills to Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Day 28: Coyote Hills to Don Edwards
San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
(Fremont to Newark)

Circle The Bay Part 3

November 8th 2018

8.0 miles in 2 hrs 0 mins

(Total: 305.7 miles in 70 hrs 9 mins)

I better get back on the trail if I'm going to finish this circumnavigation in 2018. This segment was largely about biking around the Newark Slough, a 5 mile circular route out into the bay starting at the Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge. These are still active salt evaporation ponds in this area, owned by Cargill. But since these are feeder ponds to the more salinated collection ponds to the south, they are still welcoming to all kinds of birds.

And now I have to write one more paragraph to accomplish my minimum acceptable blog entry to go along with these pictures. But you could just look at the pictures. Part of the delay was the ironically named Camp Fire in Northern California that made the air in the Bay Area hazardous to any kind of outdoor exercise. But once it started raining the air cleaned up, the fire got put out, and everyone was happy to see the rain -- for a while. Now I wish it would stop so I could get back out there.