ABOUT A WEEK AGO I WENT TO TO HIKE THE BEAR VALLEY TRAIL AT POINT REYES. IT IS A TRAIL MY FAMILY HAS BIKED SEVERAL TIMES. THE DISTANCE IS ROUND TRIP 8.2 MILES TO THE OCEAN ALONG A GENTLY SLOPING TRAIL THAT ENDS AT AN INTERESTING BLUFF ON THE SEASHORE. IT WAS OCCUPIED IN PREHISTORIC TIMES. THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF ANGELICA ROOT OR ANGELICA TOMENTOSA. IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT ROOT USED BY THE POMO FOR PURIFYING THE BLOOD AND TO CURE SNAKE BITES. IT IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO CHEW TO PREVENT A SORE THROAT, CRAMPS AND OTHER USES. THE KASHAYA POMO BELIEVE IT TO BE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PLANTS. THE AREA HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF YAMPA ROOTS (PERIDERIDAIA GAIRDNERI). THIS ROOT HAS A NUT LIKE FLAVOR. THE TRAIL HAS A WIDE COURSE THAT IS ALONG A A LUSH BEAR CREEK THAT HAD WATERFALLS AT THE TIME. WE SAW A HAWK AND MY FAMILY HAS SEEN A BABY ELK ALONG THE TRAIL BEFORE. THERE ARE MANY WATERFALLS AND A VARIETY OF FERNS ON THE TRAIL THE FERNS WERE USED TO WEAVE BASKETS NOT ONLY BY THE POMO AND MIWOK BUT OTHER TRIBES. THEY ALSO WERE USED TO WRAP THERE BABIES TO COOL THEM IN THE WILLOW BASKETS WHILE THE MOM WAS GATHERING ON THE HILLSIDES.
THE DAY I WAS A T BEAR VALLEY THERE WERE FEW PEOPLE. I TOOK MY HIKING STICK AND I WAS GLAD I DID AS THERE ARE FEW PLACES TO SIT. I WOULD RECOMMEND BRINGING A PLASTIC BAG IN YOUR PACK TO SIT UPON THE GROUND AT VARIOUS PLACES. THE SMELL OF THE OUTDOORS WAS GREAT AND I WAS THANKFUL I DRESSED IN LAYERERS AS IT GOT COOL THAT DAY.
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