this was worth the hours of climbing. I stayed at the top for over an hour (aided by the two ice cream sandwiches!). The descent was exciting, and the roads have changed slightly -- I was following turn by turn directions in a book copyright 1990.
5000 miles -- at the summit road intersection
panarama from north gate / summit road
turkeys, i think wild:
i'm tired- photo taken by some folks who summited mt. tam the day before
pair of coyotes down the road, on the way to the summit
left coyote running off the road into the brush
horses on the way to the summit