briones: frolicking with the fungi

December 30, 2012
Martinez, CA
Hikers: Cathy, Laura
Distance: 4.54 miles


Our last hike of the year was a frosty one. Checking the weather on Yahoo! shortly before leaving read a chilly 35°.

yahoo.com

While the car at our destination was a bit warmer - so it reads.

Hmmm what does not belong in a nature photo?

What makes the bubbles?

Tres Falls

That it was!

Dung beetle hot tub?

Beam me [down] Scotty!

Microshroom.

Field of fungi.

The newts are still here!

We thought they hibernated.

The trail turned into a stream from the overflow of the upper pond.

Newt egg.

Lower pond flooded.