An Easter Afternoon Hike in Briones Regional Park

Tracy and I drove out to Briones Regional Park on Easter Sunday afternoon for a celebration of spring hike through the green rolling hills of this amazing bit of wilderness which is tucked away

in between the towns of Orinda and Lafayette - only a 20 minute drive from home. Poppies, lupines and buttercups painted the hillsides with their happy colors, cows grazed contentedly in the shadows under the oak trees, and the air was filled with birdsong. For most of our hike, we were the sole wanderers - seemingly having the entire park to ourselves. A strenuous uphill climb leads to a vista overlooking the Sacramento River Delta to the east and miles and miles of rolling green hills in every other direction. We feel so blessed to live here, such a short drive takes us to such amazing natural beauty. Spring is here and the cycle of the seasons begins once again. They say that the camera looks both ways, that the images captured by the photographer are windows into the soul of the artist. See my happiness at welcoming this season once again.