Jennifer and I went for a bike ride that was a bit more involved, this time the lock we went to discover was far Los Altos Hills between the freeway and the hills. Lots of up and downs... (actually my GPS said we only did 24 miles in 7h, but we went up 3000ft)
We started by Rancho San Antonio:
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![a bunch of few turkeys a bunch of few turkeys](/blogimg/11/thumb1024_111_20201014_Los_Altos_Hills.jpg)
a bunch of few turkeys
![looking for prey looking for prey](/blogimg/15/thumb1024_115_20201014_Los_Altos_Hills.jpg)
looking for prey
![nice colors nice colors](/blogimg/18/thumb1024_118_20201014_Los_Altos_Hills.jpg)
nice colors
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The hills are hilly, lots of up biking (or walking), with views:
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For reasons unknown, we found petrified trees on the side of the road:
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More nice views:
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Once we got to the top of Olive Tree Lane, where I thought from the map, we could connect to Chamise Trail, but no, the residents put a gate to stop people from going to a public road to a public trail. I had to find a pretty painful way around the fence, through the brush:
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![took 15mn to get around took 15mn to get around](/blogimg/42/thumb1024_142_20201014_Los_Altos_Hills.jpg)
took 15mn to get around
![this doesn't show how filled with dirt and leaves, I got this doesn't show how filled with dirt and leaves, I got](/blogimg/44/thumb1024_144_20201014_Los_Altos_Hills.jpg)
this doesn't show how filled with dirt and leaves, I got
We then exited the park towards Los Altos Hills and a nice little private lake they don't like to share with others :)
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More houses:
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![rich kids get their own private playground rich kids get their own private playground](/blogimg/61/thumb1024_161_20201014_Los_Altos_Hills.jpg)
rich kids get their own private playground
![deer in your backyard (both good and bad) deer in your backyard (both good and bad)](/blogimg/62/thumb1024_162_20201014_Los_Altos_Hills.jpg)
deer in your backyard (both good and bad)
![you can camp in your own yard you can camp in your own yard](/blogimg/64/thumb1024_164_20201014_Los_Altos_Hills.jpg)
you can camp in your own yard
![toy car toy car](/blogimg/68/thumb1024_168_20201014_Los_Altos_Hills.jpg)
toy car
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Another connecting path:
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![nice view of the private lake nice view of the private lake](/blogimg/74/thumb1024_174_20201014_Los_Altos_Hills.jpg)
nice view of the private lake
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![we then took another connecting path to another path along 280, and back out to civilization we then took another connecting path to another path along 280, and back out to civilization](/blogimg/79/thumb1024_179_20201014_Los_Altos_Hills.jpg)
we then took another connecting path to another path along 280, and back out to civilization