Neighbor Joe invited me for a ride on his birthday yesterday. We had both spotted a trail on a map that looked like it might be a good loop over and around Mt Diablo, so we loaded up our Legolas' (Legoli?) and headed up via North Gate Rd. At the Junction, we headed towards the summit, but then got off the road and took the trail less traveled to Green Ranch. Green Ranch is a former summer home built in 1939 and designed by William Wurster (notable Bay Area architect and a former dean of Berkeley's architecture school).
The home was designed in a modernist style and built on the southeast side of the mountain. Joe has a picture of the current view and an old picture of the house at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joe_bunik/6914384039/ The empty pool, tennis courts, foundation and fireplaces remain but everything else was dismantled in 1993 to bring the area back to its natural state. We continued past the ruins on the trail to the park boundary. There was a small gate and a very faded sign that might have once said Private Property. The trail was obviously seldom used -- grass was growing in it and the only tracks were deer. We hopped the gate and continued down the trail heading towards Morgan Territory Road. Eventually the track looked more used and we came to a much more secure gate with lots of barbed wire. The public road was on the other side of the gate so we knew we were headed in the right direction. The gate was high, so Joe squeezed through the barbed wire fence and I lifted the bikes over to him. I then squeezed through; no one needed a tetanus shot. We turned around to see the gate sign: "Diablo Archery Club -- No Trespassing. Danger!" Good thing we didn't have our helmets with antlers. The remainder of the ride was less fraught with danger. I have a few pictures at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/20986098@N04/6773347072/in/photostream cheers, jim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
