| Photos from a March
2001 hike at Garin/Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park (click on any image for a larger view) |
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 Parking lot |
 Path to Visitor Center |
 Visitor Center |
 Junction |
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 Trail |
 Crossover |
 Trail at pond's edge |
 Junction |
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 Buckeye |
 View to Jordan Pond |
 View southeast |
 High Ridge Loop Trail |
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 Junction |
 High Ridge Loop Trail |
 View east |
 Gooseberry |
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 Trail splits; either path is an option |
 Fiddlenecks |
 Descent |
 Approaching junction |
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 Sycamore |
 High Ridge Loop Trail |
 Trial passes an old orchard |
 Trail winds through grassland |
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 Turkeys on the side of the trail |
 High Ridge Loop Trail turns and heads uphill |
 Climbing |
 California bay, buckeye, and coast live oak are the dominant trees |
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 Fresh maple leaves |
 Approaching junction |
 Little pond |
 Junction |
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 Steep |
 Back in grassland |
 Turning away from a poison oak-covered hillside |
 High Ridge Loop Trail |
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 A look back |
 Continuing to climb |
 Suncups |
 Approaching junction |
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 High Ridge Loop Trail, near the peak elevation |
 View east |
 Straight stretch |
 View west |
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 Descent |
 Buttercups |
 Approaching junction |
 High Ridge Loop Trail |
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 View west |
 Approaching gate |
 View north, to Garin Peak |
 Junction |
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 Newt Pond Trail |
 Descending |
 Cow paths make the trail hard to follow |
 Trail seems to split here |
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 Crossing the creek |
 Junction |
 Approaching gate |
 Junction with campground road |
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 Old Homestead Trail |
 Flowering fruit tree |
 Maple |
 Picnic area |
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