In a Silent Way / Miles Davis

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New Years Day 2024. A beautiful sunny day in Santa Rosa and a good day for a hike. I head north a few miles from the home we’re renting in Santa Rosa to Shiloh Ranch Regional Park.

The park is just north of Santa Rosa features a rugged landscape in the foothills of the Mayacamas Mountains with nearly 8 miles of trails for hiking, bicycle, and horseback riding. The 850-acre park includes oak woodlands, forests of mixed evergreens, ridges with sweeping views of the Santa Rosa Plain, canyons, rolling hills, a shaded creek, a pond and a large lot for horse trailers. It is right across the road from a large vineyard.

Horseback riders assemble at the bottom of the trails

A vineyard across the road from Shiloh Park

Beginning of trail I hiked

Heading up a steep trail

Bright green grass after all the rains in Sonoma

The trail continues on towards the top of the park

Near the parking lot at the end of the hike