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from a March 2002 hike at Alston Park (click on any image for a larger view) |
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 Trailhead |
 Information signboard and portable toilets are just beyond this gate, but... |
 this hike starts just to the right of the gate |
 Orchard Trail |
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 Plum blossoms |
 Although in March the peak was clearly over, there were lots of plum trees in bloom |
 Buttercups |
 Junction; stay to the right |
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 Descending |
 Bridge |
 Junction |
 Dry Creek Trail |
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 Junction; stay to the left |
 Near the creek |
 Madrone |
 Crossing a side creek |
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 Climbing away from the creekbed |
 Teasel marks a wet area on the right |
 Looking back downhill |
 Junction with trail feeding in from the right |
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 Near the park border, grapes grow over the fence to the right |
 Johnny-jump-up |
 From the park's highest plateau, there are sweeping views east |
 View north |
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 Approaching junction |
 Baby blue eyes |
 Lots of flowers here in late winter |
 Wild radish and johnny-jump-ups in the grassland |
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 Tidytips |
 Yellow owl's clover |
 Junction |
 Service road |
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 Junction; turn right |
 Heading toward Valley View Trail |
 Valley View Trail, with a path heading back down to Orchard Trail on the left |
 Valley oak |
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 Junction, left heading downhill, and just past, junction to the right with Prune Picker Trail |
 Prune Picker Trail |
 Entering off leash area |
 Plum trees on the sides of the trail |
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 View back down to the trailhead |
 Approaching junction |
 Returning to the trailhead |
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