(Note: Not Mt. St. Helens. No volcanoes on this trip.)
Mt. St. Helena is in the North Bay about an hour and 20 minute drive from Martinez. The write up online set this hike up as an epic hike. 10 miles is a long hike, but we were all suspicious about the "epicness" of only climbing 2000'. Rightly so.
A mile on single track winding through Robert Louis Stevenson State Park led us up onto a fire road, which we followed for the balance of the climb. We all agreed that had the single track wound through 5 miles of forest on the way to the top, then we could forgive the meager 2000'.
Alas, fire roads are not worth driving nearly 3 hours round trip for.
Nevertheless, we did manage some great photos of the rising fog merging with the clouds and rain that would settle in the second half of the day.
The near fog was moving like a glacier down the canyon
Vince, so where are your pictures?
Dianne, and Matt
Mt. Diablo on the horizon, just to the right of the bushes.
A Sea of Fog
