It was dance show weekend so my wife and I had to go to the Bay Area to see our daughter perform. Leaving at 5AM so Journey and I could do a hike beforehand was an allowed thing. Let’s go!
This was going to be a 4.5 mile hike and all on trail so not difficult, and no ticks, and no poison oak. What a relief.
After a short distance we came to a creek crossing and lo and behold there is a waterfall here! A surprise waterfall! It was not exactly a spectacular one but I thought it was worth taking a photo, so I got out my camera gear and set up in the creek. I was not paying attention and I did not hear the group of hikers coming up behind us until it was too late. Journey got scared. The reason was that the trail here is very narrow. There was no room for the hikers to pass by her so she got scared and started running up the trail to get away from them because they did not stop and wait for me to get her first. I told the lady in front to stop and I left my camera in the creek and went up to get her. Even though Journey was scared she came back to me when I called her and I got her into a place where the hikers could go by. She is such a good girl. She is not normally like that and we had no issues with anyone else we saw that day but it was just because the trail was narrow and there was no place to pass. No worries. We continued our hike.
After this we came to the main waterfall of the day: Tucker Falls. The information I had on this one was lacking so I was only 90% sure of its location but I turned out to be right on. Supposedly there is a campsite here called Tucker Camp but I saw no obvious place for one. It was not a particularly flat area but I did see the waterfall from the trail so I knew we were in the right spot. You have to climb up to it. It was a little difficult but Journey did well of course. Once up at the falls I saw that I went the wrong way up which was more difficult than the proper way. Ah well, c’est la vie.
Tucker Falls is 23 ft. high. It is not an incredible waterfall but it is a good little one for sure.
We took photos and continued up the trail doing a big loop back to the car. We saw a lot of bikers, hikers, and runners along the way. It was still early when we got back to the car so we went to a park where Journey played fetch for another couple hours. Where does she get all the energy? She was tuckered out afterwards though. It was a great morning in Marin County.
