| 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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