Photos
from a July 2002 hike at Stafford Lake County Park (click on any image for a larger view) |
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Trailhead |
Starting out |
Paved park path |
Trail turns to dirt |
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Through grassland |
Near a picnic area |
Creek crossing |
Through a meadow |
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Junction; bear left |
Ascending |
Short wooded stretch |
Grassland |
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Junction |
Pocket of redwoods |
Steps |
View to Stafford Lake |
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Heading back into the woods |
Black oak |
New trail segment |
More redwoods |
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Grassland, again |
Steps |
Bench at the end of the trail, and near the park boundary |
View north |
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After returning to the previous junction, this is the continuation of the loop |
The trail was easy enough to follow until about here... |
...when it simply disappeared |
After a short overgrown section, two paths appear; the one to the right is part of the Disc Golf course |
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The other path got more faint, then again, disappeared |
After a brief cross-county trek, I spotted a trail arrow |
Through grassland |
Bridge |
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Late blooming wildflowers |
Boisduvalia |
Here the path is as well-defined as a common deer trail |
Maybe it was inevitable -- on the disc golf trail |
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Turkeys under a buckeye tree |
Nicely worn path |
Returning |
Walking back on the dirt road |
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