Photos
from an April 2000 hike at Bothe-Napa Valley State Park (click on any image for a larger view) |
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Trailhead |
Crossing service road |
On the way to meet the creek |
Maidenhair fern |
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Hazelnut tree |
Ritchey Creek |
Little white flower |
Creek crossing |
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A brief sunny stretch |
Remnants of civilization |
Neat stone fountain |
Around a barn |
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Junction |
Woodland star |
Wild roses in bloom |
Looking back to junction |
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Mushroom the size of a dinner plate |
Starflower |
Trail |
Creek crossing |
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Easy to miss start of South Fork Trail |
Bridge |
Uphill |
Along the creek |
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Creek crossing |
Trail makes a curve, bordered by ferns |
Giant chain fern |
Redwoods & ferns |
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Sunlight and redwoods |
Junction with Coyote Peak Trail |
Dropping to the creek |
Climbing back up |
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California bays |
Transition to chaparral |
View of Mount St. Helena |
Chamise-lined trail |
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Climbing |
Lots of mokeyflower |
Volcanic rock |
View west |
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Approaching juction |
Chamise, about to bloom |
The "trail" to the top |
View of Napa Valley |
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Rocky uphill |
Yerba santa |
Redwoods |
Descending |
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Returning to junction |
Golden fairy-lanterns |
Trail |
Morning glories tangled in chamise |
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Bluedicks, growing along with (I think) redberry |
Back into the woods |
Complete shade |
Some more chaparral |
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Some more shade |
Maples reenter |
Old stone wall |
Junction with Redwood Trail |
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Larkspur? |
Redwood Trail |
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