It’s come to my attention that St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, falls on a Saturday this year, which sounds like an excellent excuse to wet the whistle with foamy malt-based beverages after a few hours on the trail.

So, here’s your chance, Bay Area hikers, to suggest another hiking site that might be best suited to such an adventure. We could either hike in a park where we won’t get kicked out for bringing a cooler with beverages in it, or we could hike somewhere and head to a watering hole afterward.

If we were to get totally adventurous we could do a camp-out, though settings with no DUI risk tend to encourage me to misbehave. I’m up for worthy suggestions within a 60 mile radius of San Jose.