Standing inside of what looks like a hollowed out bone, I am staring straight and intently at a cliff swallow nest. Pulling back from me, you could see from the air that this hollowed-out bone looking thing stretches out for miles like a finger across the plain. It is a fault within the San Andreas Fault on the Carrizo Pain. This place looks magic. Less than a mile away, an outcropping of rocks forms a ring for shelter – the only one within miles, imagine huddling natives resting here. At dark, the valley floor is pocked with kit foxes and antelope – whooping and hollering into the dusk. Seeing me now, back in this twisted, white bone of earth, staring into the wall of it. The cliff swallows shrieking at me, scolding me for crouching in front of the nest. The shriek pierces my head, like a needle driven into my brain, its pain, and real pain, as part of something I know is not real. I leave.

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Only later I return, not to the place, but to the sensation. Now its is dark. I smoke the salvia divinorum. I stand up, I stare, and I see the inky blackness. I sit, lotus position, palms up for 15 minutes. For 15 minutes I was staring into inky blackness, into stillness, into collapsing silence, only it on my mind. I had spent years looking for this, for peace, and I find it in a desolate plain surrounding by nocturnal dogs with smoke drooling out my nose.

Fall Creek (the less known UNIT of Henry Cowell)

TIME: Sunday April 23.  11 am.

MEET: at the Bennett Creek trail head.

HIKE: The Fall Creek featured 6.8 mile loop hike is moderate, with
about 1000 feet in elevation change.  For further detail on hike
http://bahiker.com/southbayhikes/fallcreek.html

CARPOOL: from Los Gatos, we will meet at the Northside park and ride
lot at 10 am, leave at 10:15. (Northside lot is on the northside of
Saratoga Ave between University Ave and North Santa Cruz Ave.) more
info on park and ride can be found here:
http://rideshare.511.org/park_lots/#santaclara

HOW TO GET THERE:
From CA 17 in Santa Clara County, drive southwest. In Scotts Valley,
exit Mount Hermon Road. Cross 17 and turn right at the light to Mt
Harmon Rd. Drive northwest on Mount Hermon Road about 3.5 miles.
When Mount Hermon Road ends at Graham Hill Road, turn right. After
just 0.1 mile, Graham Hill Road ends at a traffic light at CA 9 in
Felton. Continue straight across 9 to Felton Empire Road. Drive
about 0.6 mile on Felton Empire Road, and turn right into the poorly
signed trailhead.

From highway 1 in Santa Cruz, take highway 9 north for 7.5 miles to
Felton Empire Rd. Turn left and continue as above.

CONTACT INFO: Please Email to let me know if you plan to join us or
if you have any questions.

BRING:
-Plenty of water
-Good hiking shoes
-layered clothing
-lunch/snacks
-money for parking and carpool drivers (if applicable)
-a good attitude

The Lone Pine Film Festival

Its best to hike under a full moon

For more guides and info