Photos
from an April 2002 hike at Mount Wanda (click on any image for a larger view) |
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Park and ride lot |
Franklin Canyon Road |
Trailhead |
Gate |
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Ascending on the unnamed fire road |
Buttercups on the side of the trail |
A lupine |
Blue oaks line the trail |
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Blue oak leaves |
Entering an oak savannah |
Junction |
John Muir Nature Trail |
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Woodland star |
Buttercups along the trail |
Brief descent |
The green hillsides and trees of early spring |
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Along a seasonal stream |
Valley oak leaves |
John Muir Nature Trail |
A look uphill |
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Trail dips under a line of valley oaks |
Blue and white lupines in the grass |
The grass was up past my knees through here |
Oaks continue to dominate the landscape |
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Bluedicks |
View west |
Near the end of the trail |
Junction |
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Back on the fire road again |
Fiddlenecks |
View across a slumping valley |
Approaching junction |
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Fiddlenecks on the side of a path to "the peak" |
Another path feeds in from the left |
Near the top of Mount Wanda |
At the top |
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View southwestish |
Heading back to the fire road |
Junction |
Little pond downhill to the right |
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Blue oaks on both sides of the trail |
Descent |
Valley oak |
Return |
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Return |
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