Your Leaders: Kay Duffy 1-408-867-0508 & Jane Bishop 1-408-356-7796
Check with Kay or Jane to be on the email list and to get information about changes to the schedule.
We have an adventure and exercise every 2nd and 4th Thursday, walking 5-6 miles, visiting our beautiful area parks and open spaces. Join us for exercise, companionship, fun and good food! In between these adventures, there are “Back by Noon” walks and every two months, we have a “Trail Cleanup” walk to maintain our section of the Los Gatos Creek Trail.
Carpool meets in Los Gatos or Saratoga promptly at 9:00a.m. To print out a detailed schedule of hikes and walks for the year, please click on the link below and print a copy of the .pdf file.
- 2022-2023 Hikes and Walks (posted October 23, 2022)
- 2022 Hikes and Walks
- 2019 – 2020 Hikes and Walks.
- 2018 – 2019 Hikes and Walks.
- 2017 – 2018 Hikes and Walks
May 2023 – Windy Hill Open Space Preserve
March 2023 – Stevens Creek
February 2023 – San Francisco
Click on the image to view the video
September 2022 – Moss Landing Cleanup Crew!
July 2022
To receive a wildflower guide from Penninsula Open Space Trust (POST), enter your email on this page.
Happy Hollow Park and Zoo was the scene of our “Senior Safari” this year:
June 2022
Wilder Ranch State Park (Click on the image to access the slide show!
May 2022
Grants Ranch County Park (Click on the image to access slide show!)
April 2022
Some highlights from the walk in Upper Stevens Creek. (Click on the image to access slide show).
March 2022
Jane Bishop (front left) and her team for the Wildflower Run
 Blossoms at Hakone Gardens #1 |
 Iconic Bridge at Hakone Gardens |
 Cherry tree at Hakone Gardens |
 The group at Hakone Gardens |
 Group at Vargas Plateau |
 View from Vargas Plateau |
February 2022.
Trail Cleanup on the Los Gatos Creek Trail
From left: Laurie, Arleen, Kay, Sheila, Janice, Mara, Jane
Our sign on a section of the Los Gatos Creek Trail
At Wente Vineyards in Livermore.
From left to right: Jane, Kay, Judy, Janice, Sylvia, Sheila. (photographer is Carol)
April 2021. At Fremont Older Open Space Preserve:
Here’s a poem about EARTH (appropriate for Earth Day) written by Judy Davidson, and shared with her permission:
Thursday, May 9, 2019. Here are a couple of photos of the Nola Iris Garden and some Llamas (or Alpacas?) that we visited along the way.
Thursday, July 26, 2019 found us at Montalvo (link to hikes). The small group can be seen here on the porte cochere of the Villa Montalvo.
On Thursday , July 12 ,we visited the lazy elephant seals at Ano Nuevo. It was beautiful and cool. Afterwards we made a visit to Pie Ranch organic farm and, of course, we had to have lemon pie for lunch! (Note, the Pie Ranch link is a little slow – be patient).
An Elephant Seal Cooling Off!
Just lazing around!
Last month, the hiking group took a walk in Garrod Ranch. We were captivated by these horses, and so the group took pictures and sent them to Kay. You never know what inspiration you may find on one of these adventures!
Horses From the Other End – by Kay Duffy
On June 28, we had a wonderful (free day for old folks) visiting the animals at the Happy Hollow Zoo in San Jose. It’s a fabulous zoo with wonderful creatures. Some of our gang rode the wild animal merri-go-round.
A recent trek around Happy Hollow Zoo
At the top of Fremont Older Open Space Preserve