Where the Trail Begins

From my door to the trailhead it's about 3/4 miles. It's a nice easy, downhill warm up. The trail starts when I make a sharp right into a wide meadow filled with tall gold (sometimes green) grasses. There's a huge, majestic oak tree standing alone in the meadow. It's a beautiful scene and a great starting point for the the trail to begin. Usually I arrive just before sunrise. But today I arrived just after sunrise and saw a blue sky with wispy pink clouds.