Del Valle in the fall…

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Lake Del Valle through the trees...

This last weekend Marshall was nice enough to take Sierra, Lotus and me to Del Valle for a nice little hike.  Fall has arrived in Del Valle and it’s absolutely beautiful.  I love it!  =)

Marshall isn’t exactly the hiker type (ok, he “greatly dislikes” hiking) but he still goes out with me because he knows how much I enjoy it.  To make the hikes more enjoyable for him he likes to listen to a TV show or book on tape on his iPhone (hence the FBI style ear piece he’s sporting with Lotus below).

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Big pimpin' pimpin'...

I had seen, and picked up (yep, picked up) two tarantulas on Saturday and was hoping to see a tarantula on our hike but no such luck.  Instead I found this, an unfortunate toad who appeared to have gotten squashed and then was drying in the sun.  A spooky sighting to prepare for Halloween which is this upcoming Saturday.

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Very unlucky frog. Normally I like seeing dead things (because I get to see these animals up close) but this one made me kind of sad. Sorry toady... =(

All in all we had a very nice hike.  I even got a picture of Marshall and me and he’s smiling!  =)

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Smile for me Marshall, it's not so bad. =)

I’m off for an 18+ mile hike tomorrow at Tilden Park led by “V” and Valerie.  Should be a lot of fun and hopefully I’ll get some more great pictures of the beautiful outdoors in fall.  Goodnight…  =)

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