Grizzly Island Wildlife Area - Photos by Dennis Ratay and Monique Wood

The hike starts over a bridge at the parking area


A view of Mt Diablo across the marshlands

The group poses

The marsh area is full of waterways and ponds


On the levee trail, with fall wildflowers

At our lunch break


Jim Cutler leading the group

Pittsburg in the distance

Snowy egret

David, Monique, and barely-visible Josie

Margaret and Gail

Tule elk and ducks

Margaret, Dennis and Ben

Group returning across bridge

Rose hips - presumably eaten in the past by the Grizzley Bears