Bay Area Hiker: Photos from Picchetti Ranch

Photos from a February 2002 hike at Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve (click on any image for a larger view)
Trailhead	Heading toward the winery	Peacock	Skirting the winery grounds
Another peacock	Bridge	Merging into Zinfandel Trail	Walnut tree
Zinfandel Trail	Apricot blossoms	Cottontail	Junction with Orchard Loop Trail
Junction with Bear Meadow Trail	Pond	Junction with Orchard Loop Trail	Continuing on Zinfandel Trail
Oaks and grassland	Heading into the woods	Mixed woodland	California bays, arching across the trail
Coast live oak	Brief tour through chaparral	View ahead	Back in the woods
Chaparral again	Buckeye	Bridge and creek crossing	Creek
Uphill	Nutmeg	Ascending back into chaparral	Holly leaf cherry
Creambush	View	Turn around point	Back on Orchard Loop Trail
Elderberry	Willow	Descending to a junction with Bear Meadow Trail	Junction
Trail	Pitcher sage	Rejoining the main trail	Junction with Bear Meadow Trail
Silktassel	Junction	Ascending	Steep
Flowering currant	Junction	Path to viewpoint	Coast live oaks on the hilltop
Trail continues to the pond, but instead walk right to the viewpoint	View back down to the orchard	Returning to Orchard Loop Trail	Descending back to Zinfandel Trail
Peacock again	Blossoms on a tree near the parking lot; plum?		Go to Bay Area Hiker Picchetti Ranch page Go to Bay Area Hiker Home page