On May 5 the Saunterers trekked to Fern Lake. I turned the wrong way in Glen Ellen and nearly missed them. The Bennett Valley route takes less of a toll on my electric-miles, maybe because there are so many hills to coast down and replenish my range. Holt Road is in the Developmental Center.

I caught up to them and wound up at the front of the group because everyone else stepped back. The high grass is a likely source of ticks and my hiking buddies did not want to become their new home. Photo by Bob Martin.

This is how it looked to me from the front of the pack. It is a beautiful spot.

Ham and Ticks

We came to a crossroad with a marker that said “Carolyn Day.” Hiker Carolyn said she already had her picture taken with the marker, so I asked Bob to take mine. I gave him the full beam smile and when he showed me the shot on his phone, I said, “We should call this ‘Ham and Ticks.'” I got a laugh.

Afterwards we went to the Glen Ellen market for lunch and had a vigorous discussion about how RBG’s failure to retire while Obama was in office may have contributed to the impending repeal of Roe v. Wade. We talked about the collapse of the Southern District of New York’s case against Trump. Jill, from Long Island, pointed out that money and political clout might have been a factor in the collapse. We discussed packing the court vs. granting statehood to Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. We talked about mental health in the context of the shocking suicide of Naomi Judd just before she was voted into the Hall of Fame. It is nice to have adults to chat with.