Pacheco Falls
This is the second place I went to in Novato last weekend: Pacheco Creek.
Pacheco Creek was not flowing very well at all, compared to Arroyo San Jose. I was thoroughly disappointed as I hiked up this canyon. I was also a bit disappointed at the height of this waterfall. It is 24 ft. high, and I had been told it was quite a bit higher than that. Still though, it is a pretty one and worth seeing, though it would be better when the creek is flowing much higher.
Like Arroyo San Jose, it does take quite a lot of work to get up to it, and requires hiking along steep, narrow paths, with dangerous drop-offs. That is just par for the course, I suppose.
After doing these two hikes in Novato, I had initially thought of going to Cataract Creek on Mt. Tam, and I knew that one would be flowing very well. But all this scrambling and steep hiking made me much too tired, so I decided to leave that hike for another day.
I had a very nice morning outing in Novato. Though will I ever return to these two waterfalls? I do not know.
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