Take Highway 99 North

Continue east along Twin Cities Road until you reach Highway 99. Take 99 North past the Arno Road exit (you'll eventually exit onto Dillard Road). As you drive on 99 North, you'll be driving right through Valensin Ranch, which encompasses 4,300 acres on both sides of the highway.

On the left of the freeway is the western section of the ranch. This 1,200-acre parcel supports marshes, grassland, an oak woodland, and 300 acres of cultivated cropland.

On the right of the freeway, you will see Horseshoe Lake, fed by BadgerCreek. In the spring and summer, hundreds of herons and egrets breed in colonies in the mature valley oaks.