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 Biking along the Baylands Nature Trail Life is like riding a bike, you gotta stay balanced and keep moving to reach your destination ~  Albert Einstein (edited) I dusted off my dirt bike and hit the open trails along Shoreline Park - a 16.7 mile stretch mostly along the SW edge of San Francisco Bay waterfront. The route incorporates both paved and unpaved paths that skirt a series of undisturbed tidal marshland or sloughs called the Baylands, stretching from Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve to the North all the way to Shoreline Park further south and extending into downtown Mountain View via Steven's Creek Trail. When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking. ~ Arthur Conan Doyle I highly recommend taking along a good pair of binoculars and stopping often to admire the breathtaking scenery.  Ch

Stanford Dish Trail  Today, I want to share with you one of my favourite hiking trails!! The Stanford Dish Loop Trail is a 3.7 mile loop recreational trail located in Stanford, California that offers panoramic views of Stanford Campus (with the distinctive Hoover Tower) and the Southern Peninsula stretching from San Francisco (North) to Oakland (East) to San Jose (South) to Los Altos Hills (West). The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step ~   Lao Tzu The best view comes after the hardest climb! The Stanford Dish trail, accessible year-round, is primarily used for walking and running (biking is verboten).  There are three gated entrances.  Most visitors use the Stanford Ave. gate, located where Stanford Ave. intersects with Junipero Serra Blvd. Limited parking on first-come-first-serve basis is available on Stanford Ave. The Gerona gate is near Campus Dr. and Lake Lagunita, but there is no parking.  The Alpine gate is near Interstate 280 on Alpine Rd. at Piers Lane and a