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When Jason, Jean, Jennie, Judy, Olivier, and I arrived at Wunderlich County Park the
parking lot was nearly full. We found places to park, however, and were soon heading
up the Bear Gulch Trail on a beautiful sunny, warm late winter's day.
Now, we were supposed to continue on the Bear Gulch Trail up to the Meadows. But somewhere
along the switchbacks we got side-tracked onto the Loop Trail. I didn't realize this until
after the hike, however, and spent much of the hike somewhat confused by our orientation.
The Loop Trail took us to the Alambique Trail, which we continued our hike on.
Lunch stop
As the parking lot suggested the park had quite a few people, some of them hiking but many
of them riding horses. Thankfully there were no mountain bikers. After an hour or so into
the hike we found a nice spot to stop for a lunch break -- a couple of large rocks perfect
for sitting on right next to the trail.
Jean and Jennie standing below the redwoods
After lunch we continued along the Alambique Trail. We passed a huge redwood -- over 12
feet in diameter. Shortly thereafter we reached the Redwood Grove, a nice collection of
redwoods next to Alambique Creek. After enjoying the trees we retraced our steps and
turned onto the unsigned Bear Gulch Trail and then turned veered right onto the Oak
Trail.
Jean looking up at the redwoods by the creek
Continuing downhill on the Meadow Trail we suddenly found ourselves back on the Alambique
Trail, at which point I was thoroughly confused because I still hadn't realized we'd
taken a wrong turn onto the Loop Trail. Nonetheless, we took the right fork and took
the Alambique Trail back all the way to the parking lot.
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