Roya's last day off, and I manage to leave early again, due to another (!) 6:00 AM meeting with my East Coast peeps, yo.
Yea, I really can't pull that off, can I?
Anyway, since we got an earlier start, we decided to go further out, to Uvas Canyon County Park
(By the way, Uvas is Spanish for grape. However, I saw no grapes there. Way to go, namers.)
I had been here once before, when Elliott was much younger, but since I was by myself and it happened to be another rainy day, I didn't go far enough to really appreciate it.
The park is directly south of San Jose, and there are a few ways to get there. The first time I went, I took the 101 south, got off at the Bailey road exit, and turned left at McKean. This time,we went to the end of Almaden Expressway, and turned right on Harry, then left on McKean. Either way you get to McKeen, you'll be heading south for about 6 miles from Bailey road before you turn right on Croy. (Also, you won't notice, but McKean turns into Uvas road about halfway there). Once you are on Croy, you just drive. It's a pretty, curvy road, with horses and various yards to look at, and it slowly climbs until you're driving among trees. You'll know you're almost to the park when you get to Sveadal.
Sveadal is a private resort owned by the Swedish American Patriotic League, with adorable Swedish looking houses and decorations... Roya swears that it's where serial killers take kids to keep for a while before they kill them.
I say Tomatoe, You say grisly site for holding children. Moving on.
So, drive nice and slow through Sveadal, and just at the end of the resort, the road will curve to the left, and Voila!
The parking lot was mostly empty, since rain was predicted for the day, but at the time we got there, it was actually blue skies with a few clouds. The dogs were pumped, so we got them out of the back seat (more humping) and Koda decided to celebrate right away by laying a fresh one on the pavement. Koda never stands on circumstance :)
We scooped up (of course!) and got the dogs moving generally in the direction of the trail, stopping to see if there was a "You are here" thingy on the map. There wasn't, but we managed to find ourselves after all. We waved, and started for the Waterfall Loop.
Yes, you heard it - WATERFALL. This place has a bunch of really lovely waterfalls. They're not Niagara in scale, but the setting they're in is so beautiful, and they're all so accessible, that their smaller size is not even an issue. For example:
Yea, I really can't pull that off, can I?
Anyway, since we got an earlier start, we decided to go further out, to Uvas Canyon County Park
(By the way, Uvas is Spanish for grape. However, I saw no grapes there. Way to go, namers.)
I had been here once before, when Elliott was much younger, but since I was by myself and it happened to be another rainy day, I didn't go far enough to really appreciate it.
The park is directly south of San Jose, and there are a few ways to get there. The first time I went, I took the 101 south, got off at the Bailey road exit, and turned left at McKean. This time,we went to the end of Almaden Expressway, and turned right on Harry, then left on McKean. Either way you get to McKeen, you'll be heading south for about 6 miles from Bailey road before you turn right on Croy. (Also, you won't notice, but McKean turns into Uvas road about halfway there). Once you are on Croy, you just drive. It's a pretty, curvy road, with horses and various yards to look at, and it slowly climbs until you're driving among trees. You'll know you're almost to the park when you get to Sveadal.
Sveadal is a private resort owned by the Swedish American Patriotic League, with adorable Swedish looking houses and decorations... Roya swears that it's where serial killers take kids to keep for a while before they kill them.
I say Tomatoe, You say grisly site for holding children. Moving on.
So, drive nice and slow through Sveadal, and just at the end of the resort, the road will curve to the left, and Voila!
The parking lot was mostly empty, since rain was predicted for the day, but at the time we got there, it was actually blue skies with a few clouds. The dogs were pumped, so we got them out of the back seat (more humping) and Koda decided to celebrate right away by laying a fresh one on the pavement. Koda never stands on circumstance :)
We scooped up (of course!) and got the dogs moving generally in the direction of the trail, stopping to see if there was a "You are here" thingy on the map. There wasn't, but we managed to find ourselves after all. We waved, and started for the Waterfall Loop.
Yes, you heard it - WATERFALL. This place has a bunch of really lovely waterfalls. They're not Niagara in scale, but the setting they're in is so beautiful, and they're all so accessible, that their smaller size is not even an issue. For example:
And that's just one. The waterfall loop trail we took had 3 major falls (Black Rock, Basin, and Upper Falls) and there were smaller water features everywhere. We got rained on a bit, but neither us nor the dogs had any problem at all with it.
We'll definitely come back to this park.
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