Well, our Fall 2010 season got off to a pretty good start with 10 hikers
going to Angel Island on September 11. Nine of us made the 4.9 mile trip up Mount Livermore to the top of the Island. Near perfect weather and a leisurely pace going up the Northridge Trail gave us a chance to enjoy the incredible views around the Bay Area. Cameras were clicking away.
The hike down on the Sunset Trail took us through the recent burn area. We also noticed that most of the pine trees are dying from insects or disease or maybe a combination of both. The Sunset Trail provides great views of the SF Bay between Angel Island, Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge and sure enough there was a sailboat race in progress.
From an overlook, one can see the docks at Acala Cove where the ferries come in and the docks appeared very close. In fact, to get there we needed to descend a series of four or more switchbacks, each one seemingly getting further away from Acala Cove and the urgently sought after restrooms.
At quite a few places the trail is narrow and degraded and requires careful attention to footing to avoid dropping into an bottomless pit of brambles and poison oak. Luckily, there were no casualties and once again your leader did not get a chance to practice his first aid skills. And that is okay, by the way.
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