It just rained, and the place is oozing with giant banana slugs -- skinny ones, fat ones, short ones, curly ones, straight ones, green ones, yellow ones, old ones, baby ones.
I was only there for an hour, and I saw 25 of these slime-covored creatures without trying.
Strange that I saw exactly that number, considering this is the 25th anniversary of Sammy the Slug, the mascot over at UC Santa Cruz.
Coincidence? Yes.
2 comments:
i must take Anna there!
yes, it is fun for the whole family. I am not fond of the speeding mountain bicyclists out there (the same folks who brought you the invisible stop sign) but it is a beautiful place, and it has more to offer than the beautiful slugs. It also has newts, a few old growth and a whole lot of second-growth redwoods, some spooky old ruins from the lime-kiln era of the Central Coast, and a very challenging climb to the Overlook. I know some folks who have hiked all the way down to the Buzzard Lagoon but I've never attempted that.
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