Eight wild deer to Natural Bridges

Last weekend I set out on my typical bicycle ride. I’ve been trying to ride 100 miles each week to loose my “winter 15″. I couldn’t ride to work during the week which meant 30-35 miles a day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Friday of course was a work day and a busy one at that. I finally got away from work at around 5pm determined to put in my 30 miles. I chose a relatively easy ride to Morgan Hill and back along the Coyote Valley bike trail.

Upon arriving at my favorite break spot near Morgan Hill, I noticed a group of eight wild deer. I stopped to take a picture but the deer wandered off before I could get my Blackberry ready. After a quick break to get the camera ready, I started down the trail in the same direction as the deer. After a few minutes, I approached a clearing and there were the eight deer grazing on the grass. I stopped my bike and took quite a few pictures. Unfortunately since dusk was quickly approaching, the pictures are of limited quality.

After a few minutes, I headed down the trail thinking about the different wildlife that I had seen there in the past. As I rounded another corner, I was greeted by a bobcat crossing the path. Unfortunately the wild cat did not wait to have it’s picture taken.

On Saturday I went over to Santa Cruz to check on Calypso and took the opportunity to cycle up the coast to Davenport. On the way is Natural Bridges State Park. When I first moved to Santa Cruz in the mid seventies, there were three “natural bridges”. Two of the bridges washed away over the years leaving this one. The good news is that several more bridges are being carved out by the waves.

On Sunday I finished up the weekend riding along Foothill Expressway from Cupertino to Palo Alto and then up through Portola Valley to reach my 100 mile goal. It was a wonderful weekend cycling through the beautiful and varied California scenery.

Bon Voyage, Jay