POMO CANYON PARK

LAST WEEKEND I HIKED 7 MILES AND WENT TO POMO CANYON, A STATE PARK LOCATED NEAR DUNCAN MILLS. THE STATE PARKS ARE CLOSING AND THERE WERE FEW PEOPLE HERE. THEY HAD CLOSED THE CAMPGROUND WE USED TO CAMP AT WITH STATE PARKS FOLK. I HAD HIKED THE TRAIL LONG AGO, BUT DID NOT REMEMBER HOW STENUOUS IT WAS. ONE COUPLE SAID IT ONLY TOOK THEM A FEW HOURS TO HIKE BOTH WAYS. I SPENT ABOUT FOUR HOURS HERE, SPENDING TIME TO TAKE IN THE BEAUTY OF THE PLACE AND TALK TO FOLKS I MET THERE AND TELL THEM ABOUT THE NATIVES WHO LIVED HERE. IT WAS LIKE HIKING IN A WILDERNOUS TRAIL. A VARIETY OF NATIVE PLANTS USED BY THE COAST MIWOK WERE HERE, INCLUDING POISON OAK AND SOAPROOT WHICH HEALS THIS SKIN IRRITATION. THERE WERE MANY TREES THAT DID NOT RECOGNIZE ON THE COAST. AND SOME INTERESTING FLOWERS. I ONLY SAW AND HEARD A VARIETY OF BIRDS THAT I DID NOT KNOW.