Trees and fog and mud and trees

Raindrops plop gently on umbrellas, shoes slop through mud, and students chatter down the trail until, suddenly, silence and a whispered "Wow." That's how our tramp through Muir Woods started this morning, and it proceeded from mud to slop to Wow to "where are we?" A two-hour hike, a satisfying lunch, and an illuminating presentation made for an invigorating day. Tomorrow: Beat walk and Chinatown. Today: mud and wet and wow, and now it's time to relax.