Photos
from a March 2000 hike at Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park (click on any image for a larger view) |
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Trailhead |
Starting Out |
Oak Tree Trail |
Uphill |
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Junction with Woodland Trail |
Woodland Trail |
Shrub of poison oak |
California buttercups growing beneath the trees |
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Under the oaks |
Entering grassland on the Woodland Trail |
Meadow |
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A shortcut heads left; the official trail veers right |
Dodging the shade on the edge of the meadow |
Running along Oak Tree Trail |
Looking back to junction with Oak Tree Trail |
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Junction |
Signpost |
Looking back to junction |
The view south |
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Ridgeline Trail |
Hillside |
First glimpse of olive grove |
Blue-eyed grass |
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Junction with spur to Olive Grove Trail |
Edging along olive grove |
Junction with Olive Grove Trail |
Looking back |
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Olive tree |
Junction with spur to Thermalito Trail |
Olive Grove Trail continues through the trees |
Junction with Thermalito Trail |
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Thermalito Trail |
Through the bottom of a mini canyon |
Flower dotted meadow |
Johnny-jump-ups |
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Passing alongside some buckeyes |
Looking back to a pond popular with cows |
Looking back down the trail |
Approaching the junction with a spur to Ridgeline Trail |
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Bluedicks |
Thermalito Trail |
Around the hill |
Woodpeckers' tree |
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Junction with spur to Ridgeline Trail |
Uphill |
Near junction |
Climbing to crest |
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Roller coaster stretch |
Mount Diablo, across the Dublin/San Ramon valley |
Looking back from the turnaround point |
Tiny redmaids |
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Ridgeline Trail |
Descending on Ridgeline |
Split with side trail |
Junction with spur to Olive Grove Trail |
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Sagebrush |
Olives on a tree |
Ridgeline cutting through olive trees |
Downhill |
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Side trails score the grassland |
About to head into the trees |
Descending on Oak Tree Trail |
Sycamore tree |
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Downhill |
Under oak trees, nearing trailhead |
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