The Dawn Jogger looks at the calendar and then again at the trail underfoot. There are no soggy places, no puddles to jump over. And while she did have gloves on for the first half of a hike on Portola Valley trails this morning, they came off, the temperature warming up nicely.

She’d taken friend Amy and her two dogs on a trail covered many times by the DJs and trusty dog Cassie. It’s a good haul up and then a meandering down. Nice way to spend a very late Fall morning…