Taking in the scene at the salt marsh I read about the delicate balance of nature, the sensitive Eco system and how this wetlands was now protected and being reclaimed by plankton, fish and fowl. From the 1920’s the area had been in environmental decline; zoned for industrial and disposal usage. Just behind me was a large hump of a hill . Its sides grown over with brush and shrub. Its flat sloping shaved top green with grass now has a golf driving range park perched upon it. Who would know that until 1987 this innocent looking mountainous lump was the city landfill dump? I was pausing at the Sanchez Lagoon section of the Bayside park. The trail is parallel to its better known parent the Bay Trail which offers a cleaner view of the San Francisco Bay as opposed to the obtrusive Bayshore 101 Freeway on the other side of the mud flat. I’d not traveled it before so it was nice to cover new ground and discover the (former) identity of the area. BTW, I can recommend Gabrielle & Daniel’s (gourmet) Mexican Grill at the Golf Center; not holding its restored location against it.