I kept to my pledge to wait until after at least 100 finds before placing my first (it ended up closer to 140). I started off with an easy park & grab near home. If conditions are right (i.e. no marine layer) you can catch a nice sunset from GZ. Don't stray too far, it's less than two steps from the sidewalk.
When we first moved into a condo up on this hill in 2000 the south end of Mission Gate Drive was right about at GZ and none of the single-family homes were here. We had a nice area of coastal sage scrub on either side of the road and could see quail families (Callipepla californica) in the brush or even crossing the streets several times each year. Shortly thereafter in 2003 lots of new housing was built and I haven't seen any quail up here since then.
There is some decent tree cover so when you get to GZ your GPS may not be very accurate, I suggest taking a bearing & distance from outside the trees before approaching GZ.
There are a few of my signature bottlecaps and a Where's George tracked dollar bill for FTF. Please feel free to provide feedback, especially about the coordinates as I want to make improvements to the listing if necessary. ***Congrats to carlthepickle on the FTF! I have made adjustments based on his helpful feedback.***
