My husband is legally blind and I have arthritis, but we love hiking so we look for things that are medium to low difficulty, and that will allow us to get back before the woods become too dark with shadows. We take our golden retriever everywhere, so the hikes need to be dog friendly as well.

On Memorial Day, we headed out for Codfish Creek Falls in the Auburn State Recreation Area of Placer County. This was a lovely little trail all in all. The directions in the guide (Best Hikes With Dogs by Thom Gabrukiewicz) mention a few things that need some clarification before talking about the hike itself. … More Wanderings of the Blind: Codfish Creek Trail, Weimar, CA.