Two New Walks Planned, One Truly a Hidden Walk, and One More of a Stairway Walk

I'm looking forward to going on a hidden walk with, of course, Altschuler's wonderful Hidden Walks in the East Bay & Marin book as a guide. This time I'd like to try the walk in Sausalito, described as a combination of paved and unpaved steps up through quiet neighborhoods away from the tourist areas, culminating in fantastic views of the ocean and San Francisco and to an amazing hidden beach-no worries, though, because it's a public place!

The other walk I'd like to take is a staircase walk in San Francisco to Telegraph Hill where the wild parrots can be seen. Obviously, with the One Book Sacramento reading of The Soloist I've been setting up fall programming at GAL -like everyone else-with something in mind to appeal to many different age groups-namely, a viewing of the amazing film The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill at the branch. I personally loved the film, but I've been wanting to take the staircase climb to Telegraph Hill to see these birds in real life for quite some time.

So that's my plan-2 walks, one "hidden" and one "staircase." I guess my main concern is that summer may not be the best time to walk in the Bay Area-my past experience has been that the fall and early winter have been better because there's less fog. But we'll see-I may not be able to wait until fall!