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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