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Most of the green is gone from the grass on Mt Diablo and the foothills.

View from #BorgesRanch / Hannah Grove trail on yesterday's short mountain bike ride.

#MtDiablo #WalnutCreek #OpenSpace #EastBay

Photo of Mt Diablo. Most all the grass in the photo has turned various shades of yellow, beige, and brown. Clear blue sky along the upper portion of the photo, yellow grass and a smattering of green oak trees in the foreground.

Quick ride this Sunday afternoon.

I've spent the last 3 days dealing with some pretty challenging issues. Sunday started off sunny in my part of the #EastBay but later in the day the clouds started rolling in. By about 4 p.m. the clouds were really rolling in and I knew that daylight would be fading soon so I grabbed the #eBike and headed for a short loop often I ride which goes through #DiabloFoothills park and #BorgesRanch.

I absolutely love the shades of #green we get this time of year in this part of California! It's a little hard to see in this photo, but the oak trees are getting new growth which has its own shade of green, distinct from the grass and the old oak leaves.

#EastBayRegionalParkDistrict #EBRPD #WalnutCreek #MTB

A photo of a hill with bright green grass, dark green oak leaves, and some light green new-growth oak leaves in the foreground. A dirt goes through the middle of the photo and the sky is overcast and gray.

Friday afternoon bike ride.

#MtDiablo basking in the late-afternoon sun.

Highlights included:

* Seeing two young families with photographers out on the fire roads (probably taking pictures for their holiday cards)

* A tarantula crossing the road at #BorgesRanch

#EastBay #MTB #bicycle #MtDiabloStatePark #EBRPD #DiabloFoothils #WalnutCreek

Photo of a brown, dirt road. The shadow of a person astride a mountain bike is visible in the lower left of the photo. The grass on both sides of the road and in the distant hills is golden-brown. The blue sky with wisps of white clouds is visible at the top of the photo.

Quick bike ride before the heat set in. About 11 miles with just under 4 miles off-pavement.

Photos:

Stage Road trail at one of the several places it crosses Pine Creek.

Ride map showing the route out Castle Rock Road, out a ways into Pine Canyon, doubling back and heading out through #BorgesRanch

Two mule deer in a corral in Borges Ranch

#EastBay #Bicycle #MTB #WalnutCreek #EastBayRegionalParkDistrict #EBRPD #CastleRockPark

Photo of a small stream crossing a dirt fire road. The grass on both sides of the road has turned golden brown and the leaves on the oak trees are green.

A map with the hillsides shaded. A route through the hills is highlighted in purple

An adult mule deer and fawn in a corral. The adult deer has both ears raised and is looking at the camera. Other corrals and fences are visible in the background.

Here's to the road ahead

A 9.4 mile ride through city streets, bike trails, #CastleRockPark, and #BorgesRanch this morning.

I stopped part way out and tapped out a quick message to a friend I hadn't talked with in a while and ended up coming out on a new trail.

#EastBay #WalnutCreek #bike #bicycle #MTB #EBRPD #EastBayRegionalParkDistrict #snapshot

A dirt road flanked on both sides by golden-brown grass. Dark green oak trees are in the back ground. The sky is blue with a couple wispy white clouds.

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