Sunday, June 21, 2020

Larkspur Landing Trail

Last weekend we drove to Larkspur Landing in Marin County to check out a beautiful, flat walking trail along Corte Madera creek.

My preferred route to the trailhead is via the Larkspur ferry from San Francisco, always a gorgeous, inspiring boat ride, but Golden Gate Ferry service has been terminated for weekend trips during the COVID shutdown. That is a shame because riding outdoors on a ferryboat seems reasonably safe, unlike Muni or Caltrain.

The trail starts at the Larkspur Landing Ferry Terminal and winds under a series of freeways, highways, and rail bridges.

It soon opens up to marshland, the trail winding through low-rise housing developments with Mount Tamalpais towering over them.

I discovered this trail accidentally a couple of decades ago with my late spouse, Tony Hurd, and hadn't returned in many years.

The trail was still charming, but with an unwelcome development in the form of too many bicyclists racing by at potentially lethal speeds.

Kids and family groups tooting along on bikes are fine, but the Tour de France wannabes can be terrifying as they whizz by you from behind.

So we turned back after a mile...

...and followed a socially distanced power walking trio who looked like Marin County Fitness personified.

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