| Photos
from a July 2000 hike at Los Vaqueros Watershed (click on any image for a larger view) |
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 Entry; the black speck in the sky is a golden eagle |
 Trailhead |
 Parking lot |
 Starting out |
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 Junction with Los Vaqueros Trail |
 View north |
 Black Hills Trail |
 Junction with Valley View Trail |
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 Valley View Trail |
 View (not of the valley yet) |
 I'm so jealous of whomever lives in that house |
 Cardoons |
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 Near the boundary |
 The climb |
 View west |
 First glimpse of the reservoir |
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 The trail curves downhill here |
 View north |
 Descending |
 Valley View Trail |
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 Approaching a junction |
 This signpost is not very much help |
 Junction |
 Heading north |
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 Looking downhill to Homestead Trail |
 Climbing on Black Hills Trail |
 A rocky and oaky hilltop |
 Back into grassland |
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 Near the watershed boundary |
 Grass doesn't get much more blonde than this |
 Junction with road that leaves watershed |
 Climbing |
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 I love the look of the fence line |
 Black Hills Trail |
 Surprised to see anything blooming in July |
 Looking back down the gulch |
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 Black Hills Trail |
 Approaching junction |
 Junction with Cañada Trail |
 View |
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 Starting back downhill |
 Rock uphill |
 Cañada Trail |
 The reservoir |
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 Trail makes a wide turn |
 Buckeye |
 Reservoir |
 Blue oak |
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 Through the oaks |
 Entering chaparral |
 Manzanita |
 View back |
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 Manzanita berries |
 Hoptree |
 Chamise is dominate through here |
 Black sage |
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 Descending through chaparral |
 Yerba Santa |
 Slickrock |
 The relentless descent |
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 Junction with Los Vaqueros Trail |
 The roller coaster |
 Junction with Homestead Trail |
 Junction |
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 Returning to the trailhead |
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