| Photos
from a June 2002 hike at Tomales Bay State Park (click on any image for a larger view) |
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 Trailhead |
 Walking down the park road to the trail |
 Start of Jepson Trail |
 Jepson Trail |
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 Coast live oaks, ferns, and huckleberry shrubs along the trail |
 Yerba buena |
 Honeysuckle |
 Tree fallen over the trail |
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 Dense vegetation feels like a jungle |
 Hazelnut |
 Huckleberry |
 Junction with path to Pierce Point Road |
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 Salal |
 Jepson Trail |
 Crossing a private road |
 Overgrown section |
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 Junction with Johnstone Trail |
 Tanoak |
 Johnstone Trail |
 Road crossing, again |
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 Pines and tanoak along the trail |
 At a bench along the trail you can sit and enjoy partially screened views of the bay |
 Trail begins a descent |
 Labrador tea |
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 Elevated walkways |
 Damp section near a creek |
 Yellow-eyed grass |
 Madrone, hazelnut, toyon, and alder along the trail |
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 Junction with path to Pebble Beach |
 Path to beach |
 Pebble Beach |
 Pebble Beach |
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 Back on Johnstone Trail |
 Creambush |
 Trail emerges in a clearing near the restrooms and parking lot |
 Continuing on Johnstone Trail |
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 Picnic area |
 Picnic area |
 View to the shoreline |
 Bay view |
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 Oaks grace the trail |
 Steps down to the beach |
 Heart's Desire Beach |
 Return |
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