Sunol day hike

Had the opportunity to hike Sunol Regional Wilderness a few days ago. The weather was questionable, but the rain held out for the hike. The hike was designed to be a recon. trip for the upcoming Ohlone Wilderness 3 day Backpacking trip(April 9 - 11). I started up the McCorkle trail. The trail takes off right after the suspension bridge. About .60 of a mile the trail curves left w/ a huge old Oak tree to the right, when all of a sudden a Coyote appears about 100 yards away. We stare at each other for a moment. I move up the trail and he moves. We do this for about 5 minutes keeping the same distance the whole time. Then cuts back towards the Oak when another Coyote comes from behind the tree. This one is smaller, so it must be the female & maybe they have a den near the tree. They disappeared over a hill & I continued on.

After about 3.5 miles of up & down I reached Backpack camp & decide on a future campsite for the trip. After that its an easy mostly downhill hike back to the car.

The hills are very green. In a few months, the trip will be very special w/ all the wildflowers in full bloom. I"m looking forward to a great trip.