South Bay Tiny Treks Sunnyvale Baylands Park:January 13th,2010

 We visited Sunnyvale Baylands Park on a bright and beautiful day. Because the week had been so rainy and cold, we felt lucky to be enjoying good weather. Baylands Park has over seventy acres of parkland with trails, meadows and picnic areas. An additional 105 acres of seasonal wetlands is protected as a Wetlands Preserve and provides habitat for plants and wildlife. We first explored the playground and discovered a giant fossilized fish skeleton molded in concrete, a "stream" with concrete turtles to climb and an amazing rope bridge. Then, we took off on our hike around the Great Meadow and down to the wetlands. All along the way, we studied the trail for bird footprints and other clues of wildlife. We hiked all the way to an observation deck over the wetlands and then hiked back on the Wave Walk. It was great fun to run up and down the trail of undulating waves that reminded us of waves on the bay. After snack and stories, we had fun with an experiment in colors. After sprinkling red, yellow, and blue paint powder on paper, it was fun to spritz water and brush the paint together to create free-form rainbows of color. Everyone went home with some unique and soggy artwork!