Although I totally support the protests against police brutality and racism, I'm glad we were able to watch the Golden Gate Bridge being blocked by protesters on the evening news, long after we had crossed it to get home. We left home even earlier today to set out on a different Mt. Tam loop than yesterday's, again returning to cross the bridge well before noon.
I believe this bouquet of lovelies is Golden Yarrow (Eriophyllum confertiflorum).
It was chilly and windy when we started, sometime before 8 a.m., but the air was beautifully clear. I even saw the Farallons for the first time in weeks. It seemed so close from our Bolinas Ridge vista that I thought it was a container ship at first.
We had long stretches of the trail to ourselves, which was a nice surprise. The Matt Davis Trail can be especially busy at times. Being early birds helps. By the time we circled back to Rock Spring via the Cataract Trail, we encountered all the people who start hiking at 10 a.m., and as we did so I thought of it as the Cataract Trail Superhighway, even though we probably crossed paths with no more than 20-25 people, far less than we'd encounter in single block around our neighborhood shopping district.
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