Monday, March 31, 2008

A Tri-Tip Steak and a Bobcat

We finally moved up to the San Francisco area. We're staying in the Coyote Valley RV Park, just south of San Jose. It's one of the closest to San Francisco and definitely the nicest one.

As we backed into our spot, we met Michael, who was busy cleaning his car in the spot next to us. He was very friendly. Michael and his wife Imkelina (shown with Delton) were planning on leaving the next day. Our friendship clicked immediately and they decided to stay an extra day. They invited us to join them for diner at their site. We brought salad and dessert. Michael cooked a Tri-Tip Steak. We had never heard of it before, but it was delicious!

After they left, we met some more people, Ken and Margaret (shown with Joni) from Canada. After visiting with them for a short time, we discovered that they shared our love for biking We decided to go on a bike ride on the 16 miles of trails which are located next to the RV park.

As we rode along the trail, Joni looked up and saw a BOBCAT!!!! (The picture shown is not the actual bobcat we saw - it was taken off the internet.) At first Ken thought it was a mountain lion because there were signs at the trail entrance warning bikers and hikers of mountain lions in the area. But, after closer inspection, we decided it was a bobcat!

Ken decided to continue to ride past the bobcat, who was actually ON THE PATH! The bobcat was stalking something and not real interested in us, but Joni wouldn't move till he was gone. A few minutes later, more bikers rode past the bobcat and he jumped into the brush. Seconds later a rabbit darted across the trail with the bobcat in hot pursuit leaping across the trail. The bikers almost crashed in him. I'm almost positive the bobcat caught the rabbit as he was only about 5 feet behind him. Then they disappeared.

That was our first ride on the trail. We will definitely be on the lookout as we ride there daily. Many people use these trails, so I guess there are not that many sightings. That was an exciting and unusual experience!

We enjoy meeting new people and making new friends on our traveling adventure. We hope to meet up with our new friends from Coyote Valley RV park in the future.