Walking Distance: 3.6 miles
Walking Time: 1 hr., 43 min. (5:43 - 7:26 p.m.)
Start and End Point: Peregrine Way and Falcon Dr., Fremont, CA
This evening I walked another section of the Alameda Creek Regional Trail and, in the process, went from Union City to Fremont and back to the Union City area again. I started in an adjacent residential block, and followed a dirt path up to a short hill to get to this trail. (The eastern section of this trail is shown as a purple, solid line/trail on the Bay Trail Map.)
While not technically part of the Bay Trail, I'm following this trail toward Niles Canyon area because I following Alameda Creek further up into the hills to its source looked interesting, and also because a section of the Alameda Creek trail down toward Coyote Hills was closed until next month.
I found out later in the walk this evening that I was walking on a closed section here as well. Oops. What was my first clue? Probably the recently rearranged dirt and the earth movers. I failed to see the closed trail sign, as I entered this trail mid-way through this section.
However, once started, not easily stopped. So, I continued east to a section of the Alameda Creek trail that was open -- and followed this trail until a bridge, near the intersection of Arizona St. and Copa del Oro, in Union City.
Along the way I stopped to take some pictures under the Highway 880 underpass; not something I would normally see if I were driving along on top. This area, with pillars reflected in the creek, had the stillness of a cathedral.
The first leaves are starting to turn colors, a sure sign that summer is in retreat. I'll miss the light that has made evening walks possible in the past several months.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66lnq4vYGNrYa3gUprkPt89J5tW-CJQSU6mPo3hL5b-OxQdrecf8xOJlURjkbOGNbpSDg4ROIf9cr-F_VXfd-zWc2XdQtkiWCGhQAT8NtUZx5yFQGPO-XYjr62LCcKVG2bAbMz7Rrnb0/s200/AlamedaCreek.Hwy880Undrpss.Cars.9.8.11.600.jpg)
On the wildlife front, I saw a hawk; some lizards soaking up the last rays of sun on the rocky creek bank; swallows darting about before the sun slipped below the trees; and a housecat stalking a duck. I couldn't resist warning the duck.
Wildlife Sightings:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYzz5Ac_rCqZ8MLIxQpgR081o0Td-buQaWnT6k_sgbU68sa5ktJsRtQLH9wnVp9wMLuzj6PheCmymhU-8JL3IgHydIfI83FgWl7_lIOBmaAPaUp0uf5IxBlfYnv3lLt6xyotthyphenhyphenoweqo/s200/AlamedaCreek.880Underpass.RocksPillars.9.8.11.600.jpg)
6 swallows; 5 little brown jobs (LBJs); 1 ground squirrels; 1 hawk/kestrel/; 3 pigeons; 22 Canada geese; 1 dove; 1 blue jay; 1 ball; 6 lizards; 2 dragonflies; 3 crows; 11 ducks; 1 orange and brown butterfly; 1 cat (I'm guessing it was a domestic cat)
Walking Time: 1 hr., 43 min. (5:43 - 7:26 p.m.)
Start and End Point: Peregrine Way and Falcon Dr., Fremont, CA
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlE99EH4lB7kMF36H8wGGWu5gz6s_Aj8_m0s8De5o6DnZHPGyfDfovEpmvfh7nyacUsIlHYgocBTgrKwSO8jtXjyh7mdwY9i6XpHSQXOiNtdbnaii3182lscJV8ZMhc0Y8XfE_BV6-sDk/s200/AlamedaCreek.LongShot.MtnPeak.Creek.9.8.11.600.jpg)
While not technically part of the Bay Trail, I'm following this trail toward Niles Canyon area because I following Alameda Creek further up into the hills to its source looked interesting, and also because a section of the Alameda Creek trail down toward Coyote Hills was closed until next month.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpZPty_dTP9rmZgZBD30I_AZFm7WxN1P_JopF7cGFOO9fQMG00m4YDs-iUQPlot6sZXkvBwrvJKMUVqilIOfvz4k2fyu9atWVCx169YTtWKANt17YaVOZRho_67hS8_7ycExYQjTqpBw/s200/AlamedaCreek.Trail.CyclistLongShot.9.8.11.600.jpg)
However, once started, not easily stopped. So, I continued east to a section of the Alameda Creek trail that was open -- and followed this trail until a bridge, near the intersection of Arizona St. and Copa del Oro, in Union City.
Along the way I stopped to take some pictures under the Highway 880 underpass; not something I would normally see if I were driving along on top. This area, with pillars reflected in the creek, had the stillness of a cathedral.
The first leaves are starting to turn colors, a sure sign that summer is in retreat. I'll miss the light that has made evening walks possible in the past several months.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66lnq4vYGNrYa3gUprkPt89J5tW-CJQSU6mPo3hL5b-OxQdrecf8xOJlURjkbOGNbpSDg4ROIf9cr-F_VXfd-zWc2XdQtkiWCGhQAT8NtUZx5yFQGPO-XYjr62LCcKVG2bAbMz7Rrnb0/s200/AlamedaCreek.Hwy880Undrpss.Cars.9.8.11.600.jpg)
On the wildlife front, I saw a hawk; some lizards soaking up the last rays of sun on the rocky creek bank; swallows darting about before the sun slipped below the trees; and a housecat stalking a duck. I couldn't resist warning the duck.
Wildlife Sightings:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYzz5Ac_rCqZ8MLIxQpgR081o0Td-buQaWnT6k_sgbU68sa5ktJsRtQLH9wnVp9wMLuzj6PheCmymhU-8JL3IgHydIfI83FgWl7_lIOBmaAPaUp0uf5IxBlfYnv3lLt6xyotthyphenhyphenoweqo/s200/AlamedaCreek.880Underpass.RocksPillars.9.8.11.600.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_03BaLZAKFMMtLkR9QgMkJD0cEcWM4z9KaW1ojZyvqi_Xo_BrOY5Z5dp7XUSUPdXbY9IhKdzD6ORbGqk7azyiFLaYf8OBf86_NL7SGreE-77zViRZGMBdTgsL1J6y2QKdrOfoBDMvlU0/s200/AlamedaCreek.ColrdLeafSignOfFall.9.8.11.600.jpg)
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