Bay Area Hiker: Photos from Helen Putnam Regional Park

Photos from a February 2002 hike at Helen Putnam Regional Park (click on any image for a larger view)
Trailhead	Gate	Starting out uphill	Arroyo Trail to the right, and an informal path to the left; both climb toward the ridge
Buttercups	A look back toward the trailhead	Approaching the crest, with a coast live oak and bench at the hilltop	View east
View west	Panorama Trail	Junction with Pomo Trail	Pomo Trail
Junction with Panorama Trail (again)	Under coast live oak	Pomo Trail	New black oak leaves
Back in the woods again	Junction with Filaree Trail	Pomo Trail	Milkmaids
Entering grassland, a buckeye stands alone on the right side of the trail	Spur path to viewpoint departs to the right	Another view of the buckeye	Path to viewpoint
View south	View east	Checkerbloom	The rolling hills of Helen Putnam Regional Park
Informal path to Ridge Trail junction	Purple sanicle	Approaching junction with Ridge Trail, South Loop Trail, and Panorama Trail	South Loop Trail
Woods	Milkmaids under the trees	South Loop Trail	At the park boundary
Grassland and a sprawling coast live oak	Bench at the edge of an oak	View south	South Loop Trail
Return to the woods	Hound's tongue	Junction, again	Paved Ridge Trail segment
Shooting stars	Cattail Trail is visible to the right	Approaching the fish pond	Buckwheat
Junction	Connector path to dirt Ridge Trail	Dirt Ridge Trail veers right at the signpost	Ridge Trail
Junction with Savannah Trail	Savannah Trail	Trail curves right	Coast live oak woods
Junction with Cattail Trail	View downhill to the pond	Grassland	Junction with Panorama Trail
Panorama Trail, approaching junction with Arroyo Trail	Descending on Arroyo Trail	Panorama Trail heads uphill to the right	Return to the trailhead
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