Foster City - San Mateo - Feb. 11 '12

Walking Distance: 1.9 miles (estimate)
Walking Time: 56 min. (3:00 - 3:56 p.m.)
Start and End Point: Street parking on Beach Park Boulevard, Foster City, CA

Today I reached the end of Beach Park Blvd., and crossed under San Mateo bridge (Highway 92), where I continued toward San Mateo. I turned around at a bench before a golf driving range/putting complex with high net fence, and I walked back the same way.

Wildlife Sightings:
33 ducks (mixed); 22 sea gulls; 11 little brown jobs; 4 pigeons; 4 crows; 3 feral cats; 2 cormorants; 1 kite (bird); 1 bumblebee; 1 brown rat

Foster City - Feb. 5, '12

Walking Distance: 2.5 miles
Walking Time: 1 hr., 59 min. (9:47 - 11:46 a.m.)
Start and End Point: Street parking spot, in front of 1845 Beach Park Blvd., Foster City, CA

I walked south along the combined bicycle/pedestrian paved (asphalt) path -- occasionally taking the dirt/shell path closer to the bay. It was soothing to hear the sound of small waves lapping against a small strip of beach. I turned around at the intersection of Swordfish St. and Beach Park Blvd. (school site, where I left off last time).

On the way back, I crossed Beach Park Blvd. and walked around a shopping center, visiting Thai, Chinese, and Ramen restaurants. I then walked across Beach Park Blvd. again, and I continued along the levee trail/path until I reached my car.

I passed at least one kayak/board-surfer ramp access point. The area from Coyote Point (to the north) down to San Mateo bridge is a popular gusty spot for kite surfers.

Wildlife Sightings:
60 sea gulls; 2 little brown jobs (LBJs); 7 crows; 25 pigeons; 2 feral cats (looked related); 1 brown pelican; 50 willets; 60 medium sized unidentified brownish shorebirds (mixed); 2 UFO grebes/divers; 23 ducks; 22 Canada geese; 3 Western/Clarks grebes; 1 (tennis) ball

Foster City - Jan. 29, '12

Walking Distance: 1.5 miles
Walking Time: 0 hrs., 52 min. (3:48 - 4:40 p.m.)
Start and End Point: Parked on street (Beach Park Blvd.) across from St. Luke's Catholic Church, Foster City, CA

I started this walk by returning southeast on Beach Park Blvd. trail to Wheelhouse Lane (where I'd ended a walk earlier today). Once I reached the picnic table that marked the previous end-point, I turned around. I walked back on the levee trail along Beach Park Blvd. I took one slight detour and wandered into a "secret" bicycle park, via a dirt trail toward the bay (through a forest of dead fennel plants).

I then continued as far as a school (Beach Park Blvd. and Swordfish St.), where I turned around. On the way back to the car, I crossed the street and took a few pictures of saints at St. Luke's Catholic Church.

Wildlife Sightings:
5 crows; 1 live snail, lots of white shells; 3 little brown jobs (LBJs); 6 Canada geese; 1 hummingbird; 1 sea gull

Belmont - Foster City - Jan. 29, '12

Walking Distance: 3.8 mi.
Walking Time: 1 hr., 48 min. (10:39 a.m. - 12:27 p.m.)
Start and End Point: Small public parking lot, (near/off Oracle Parkway and Marine Parkway), Redwood Shores, CA

Crossed bridge over to Belmont, and headed right/northeast along the paved (asphalt) trail. We followed the trail into Foster City area. We turned around at Tiller Lane and Wheelhouse Lane, near Beach Park Boulevard, at a wooden picnic table, and walked back.

Thank you to Margaret and Albert for joining me on today's walk.

Wildlife Sightings:
5 black-necked stilts; 2 great egrets, 7 snowy egrets; 2 Canada geese; 81 ducks; 11 unidentified brownish shorebirds (UBBs); 5 American avocets; 1 Western/Clarks grebe; 2 crows; 4 little brown jobs (LBJs); 1 rabbit; 1 ball; 1 great blue heron