This Sunday we wanted to go to a nearby park. While looking up on internet for a San Jose Regional Parks, I came across Overfelt Gardens in San Jose. I generally look for a park which is near a creek or has a pond, so the kids can see the water fowls and from the description that I read, Overfelt Garden was perfect!
The garden has paved trails and 3 percolation ponds or underwater refill ponds. These ponds are fed by water from the creek. The water seeps through the mud and rocks underneath which act as an acquifer to purify the water. This underground clean water is then pumped to neigboring areas. The creek which feeds these ponds probably has water when there is rain. While we were there the creek was all dry and the ponds had receded. The percolations ponds serve as habitats to turtles (you can see a lot of them either on the shore or poking their heads out of the water), herons, egrets, pekin ducks, mallards and other ducks, canada goose, humming birds etc.
The park has a Chinese garden, wildlife sactuary and picnic area. The Chinese garden has pavilions where you can rest and enjoy the cool breeze and surroundings. There are statues of Confucius - ancient philisopher and Chiang Kai-shek - The first president of Republic of China. The trail is leveled and hence very easy. We spent around 1-1.5 hrs in the park hiking.
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