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My goal has always been to be a good guide, to share my love of the outdoors, and to show the importance of protecting Bay Area parklands. After all, a good guidebook should do more than get you from A to B. Through these pages, some of my personal predilections will no doubt come through: climbing high, enjoying native plants, looking at birds, and learning about Bay Area history.

I hiked all the trips described in this book, many more than once. I recorded all my observations on tape, and I have tried to be as accurate and as thorough as possible in both my observations and my writing. Keep in mind, though, that nature—not to mention various federal, state, and local agencies—equals change. So your experience on the trail, affected by season, weather, time of day, etc., will very likely be different from mine. I have tried to indicate this by liberally using the word “may,” as in “Stow Lake is a favorite birding destination—from its shore you may spot great blue herons….” I hope you get to see the herons, but their appearance, like so many other things, is beyond my control.