Benicia - bay ridge trail

<---west view, and below is east

Sat. nov. 22 - Benicia - bay ridge trail -
another nice day!! it is dry and i want the rain but in the mean time I am enjoying this weather!! this time mike, ella and i drove in to the end of the pavement to the water and walked a longer time on the trail.
we were out 2 1/2 hours with a nice lunch (of safeway sandwiches) overlooking the water for about 20 minutes. i need that GPS to count miles instead of minutes. I also think about the caches we could find if we had the gps tool. instead we found a big treasure we didn't know was around there until we saw it. a nice home from about the '20s that was boarded up and had a walkway to the water. a passerby told us it was an old horse ranch house. the overgrowth made it hard to get a good picture. we made it to the water for a bit. just long enough for me to venture onto a mossy slanted rock in the water only to rapidly slip hard onto my left side. i am lucky i didn't really harm myself. ella took to the water also. this water smelled and isn't the best to have on your being. for the rest of our hike me and ella dried to a brown and green color. thankfully the pains didn't last!! silly me. why is it always funny when people fall -- you know it is if you watch funniest home videos -- when ever anyone falls or a guy gets hit in his privates everyone always laughs!! why else would they put it in every comedy movie!! oh well, i giggled again with myself as i got into the shower at home. on the way back on the trail mike needed to go number 2 (is that too much info?) - so i went on ahead. the trail takes a good turn uphill and when mike started back Ella ran fast -- like a bunny hopping in the weeds between us several times -- brings us joy :-) till we have grandkids!!











overall it was a nice walk and day -- slight hills -- i guess i would give the trail a 5/10. that rating is average leaving room to find above average hikes as time goes on. as for the day with mike i would give it a 9/10 -- you've got to leave even a little room for something new :) i did find a site online that has lists with descriptions of good bay area hikes with dogs. and i guess when i get to hiking Mt. Tam i will have to leave ella home as they don't allow dogs.
with that said the day of pics would not be complete if i didn't show how ella likes her water at the end!!

now we sit on the couch with a blanket over us and ella asleep with her head on a pillow next to me. she always gets between mike and I :0 ( i still have a slight cough and sore throat).
mike on the other hand had lots of good energy today as he slept deeply through the night without any pharmaceutical help. thank God -- he does so much better that way. kind of like those babies that mom's are tying to get to sleep :-)
anyway his work days are long with a commute (not hard though) just early there and late home. he likes the work though; and this gets him sleeping better at night.
a good days walk!