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BANNER YEAR; DOCENTS DELIVER

By Carolyn Strange

Visitation was as variable as the weather this wildflower season, but despite several threatening (and outright drenching) weekends, 616 visitors signed in for our docent walks. For the past several years visitation hasn’t even reached 500, so this was a banner season.

Our top five days were all above 30 visitors (one was 52!), and we had lots of days with sign-ins in the twenties and high teens. (Last year only two days topped 30, and one was the special Bay Nature hike.) Rain made visitation highly variable, but even in an unrelenting downpour three visitors came out! And our intrepid docents led them on a walk.

Last year we had disappointing turnouts at the alternate trailheads, usually in the single digits. This year we tried just one alternate trailhead for five Saturdays—the Clarkia Entrance—and visitors found it! But, again, turnout was highly variable, with three single-digit days, and two in the twenties.

Docents fielded seven special requests for hikes, and even though one got rained out, requests contributed 80+ visitors to our tally.

People came from all around the greater Bay Area, but we also had a few from Southern California, and folks signed in from Bend OR, Seattle WA, Chicago IL, Green Bay WI, and Vestal NY, too.

The comment cards returned this season were again overwhelmingly positive. Visitors love Edgewood and appreciate our docents.

Thanks again to all our docents for sharing your enthusiasm!

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