Photos
from a March 2002 hike at Alston Park (click on any image for a larger view) |
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![]() Trailhead |
![]() Information signboard and portable toilets are just beyond this gate, but... |
![]() this hike starts just to the right of the gate |
![]() Orchard Trail |
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![]() Plum blossoms |
![]() Although in March the peak was clearly over, there were lots of plum trees in bloom |
![]() Buttercups |
![]() Junction; stay to the right |
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![]() Descending |
![]() Bridge |
![]() Junction |
![]() Dry Creek Trail |
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![]() Junction; stay to the left |
![]() Near the creek |
![]() Madrone |
![]() Crossing a side creek |
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![]() Climbing away from the creekbed |
![]() Teasel marks a wet area on the right |
![]() Looking back downhill |
![]() Junction with trail feeding in from the right |
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![]() Near the park border, grapes grow over the fence to the right |
![]() Johnny-jump-up |
![]() From the park's highest plateau, there are sweeping views east |
![]() View north |
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![]() Approaching junction |
![]() Baby blue eyes |
![]() Lots of flowers here in late winter |
![]() Wild radish and johnny-jump-ups in the grassland |
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![]() Tidytips |
![]() Yellow owl's clover |
![]() Junction |
![]() Service road |
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![]() Junction; turn right |
![]() Heading toward Valley View Trail |
![]() Valley View Trail, with a path heading back down to Orchard Trail on the left |
![]() Valley oak |
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![]() Junction, left heading downhill, and just past, junction to the right with Prune Picker Trail |
![]() Prune Picker Trail |
![]() Entering off leash area |
![]() Plum trees on the sides of the trail |
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![]() View back down to the trailhead |
![]() Approaching junction |
![]() Returning to the trailhead |
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