A group of 12 postdocs went to Big Basin Redwoods State Park on Saturday, September 28th, 2019, to embark on a long hike. They hiked along the Berry Creek Falls loop for a total of about 11 miles. In addition to the beautiful Redwood forest, they also got to view …
A group of 24 postdocs went to Angel Island State Park on Saturday September 7th, 2019. Driving to Tiburon, they took a ferry to reach Angel Island. Hiking up to the summit of the Livermore mountain, they got some beautiful views of San Francisco, the Bay and Golden Gate Bridge. …
On Saturday, the 17th of August 2019, a group of 25 postdocs went to Muir Woods National Monument. Surrounded by mist, they hiked along the Panoramic trail as they made their way towards the Monument. With no cellphone signals to distract them at the site, the tall and magnificent Redwood …
On 3rd August 2019, a group of Berkeley Lab postdocs embarked on a bike ride to the Golden Gate bridge. Using the BART to cross the bay with their bikes, they biked along the beautiful San Francisco coast, crossing the Golden Gate Bridge to reach Sausalito. They took the ferry …
A group of 15 postdocs went on a hike to Alamere Falls on Saturday, July 20. On route to the Palomarin Trailhead, we were treated to beautiful views of the Bay and the mighty Pacific Ocean. After a hike of about 4 miles from the trailhead coast, we were rewarded …
Camping! That sounds scary for postdocs who are used to four solid walls separating themselves and their lab from the dangerous outside world! Still, 14 brave postdocs (not all depicted in the figure below) set off on a Saturday morning on July 13th to go to Clear Lake, to endure …
On Saturday June 29th, a group of 16 brave postdocs went down to conquer the streams of the Russian River – in ‘enemy’ territory, children were ‘armed’ with water guns and sprayed every single postdoc into ‘wetland’. After the four hour downstream fun, everyone took a swim and relaxed from …
A group of postdocs hiked to the tip of Tomales Point, in Point Reyes National Seashore. The wildflowers were in full bloom, and there were multiple herds of Tule elk spotted roaming the park.
A team of five postdocs wore costumes to race in Bay-to-Breakers, and then enjoy a victory brunch afterwards!
