J-, the dogs and I just went to Blackstone Canyon in Marin.  It was so spectacular, it was the most waterfalls that I had ever seen in California. They were pretty small, but absolutely gorgeous.  The trees were totally covered in green moss.  I was blown away from beginning to end.  More good news is that it was relatively close to home (30 min drive, no traffic) and it was a pretty easy hike, slippery in some places, but not too much elevation gain.  This is right off of 101, the Marinwood exit, parking at the end of a street called Valleystone.

I found out about the place because one of my geocoins was placed here by someone.  We sought three caches.  Vya’s Adventure, Hiding in Wait…, and Back In Black (Stone). The first and the last were pretty easy with clues in hand.  Apparently the second provides a photo to help that my palm pilot can’t download.  That was pretty tough, although my new gps pegged the coordinates as right on. Still, J- and I were tromping all up and down a crazy hillside when my gps was basically sitting on it the whole time. I got close to it at one point, but had taken the wrong access point and turned around.

I hope to go back soon and I will definitely bring my camera this time and post pictures.  Check out photos by sdarken on Back in Black (Stone).