Irrelevance Glorified

Fresh off of almost killing them two weeks ago, Dan and Ashley were up for another hike. I suggested the Pleasanton Ridge, a collection of trails overlooking Pleasanton and other East Bay cities. There is no one entrance to the Pleasanton Ridge; there are a number of access points along the trail. Dan knew of a secret one behind the gates of a secured community. After convincing the guards people that were of no threat to all the rich people (obviously they didn’t see me in the back seat), we weaved our way through streets lined with mini-mansions up to Augustine Bernal Park, a park open to all residents of Pleasanton.

This park has some biking and hiking trails that state that they are a part of Pleasanton Ridge. However, looking back on it, I think this was just a small adjunct of Pleasanton Ridge. We ended up covering a loop of everything displayed on the park trail map within about an hour. Rather than run around on trails that I didn’t have a map for, we decided to make it a short day and just head to Dan’s place, where Dan and I played some tennis.

Overall, I give this particular hike a C. It doesn’t get a D, because no one punched me in the face. Maybe sometime I’ll get on Pleasanton Ridge proper and be able to make a statement on it. I was only inspired enough to take two pictures, so here they are.

We went to Augustine Bernal Park in Pleasanton, nestled away behind a high class neighborhood of Pleasanton. Here’s the trail map. Wow! Look at all that trailage. Unfortunately, that map is like at a 1:4 scale.

A view of cookie cutter houses in Pleasanton and I-680 from this portion of the Pleasanton Ridge Trail.

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