| Photos from a May
2001 hike at Rush Creek Open Space Preserve (click on any image for a larger view) |
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 Trailhead |
 Pinheiro Fire Road |
 Snowberry |
 Wild rose |
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 Buckeye |
 Lizard proclaims himself king of the dung heap |
 Along the marsh |
 Clarkia |
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 White flowers |
 Leaving the shade behind |
 Past a valley oak |
 Oaks sprawl across the hillside, but the trail stays near the marsh |
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 About to enter the woods |
 Under California bays |
 Junction |
 Back in grassland |
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 Across the marsh |
 Fiddlenecks |
 Junction |
 Bridge |
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 View from the edge of the marsh |
 Rush Creek Fire Road |
 Buckeye |
 Rush Creek Fire Road |
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 Blue oak |
 Manzanita |
 View to Mount Burdell |
 Split |
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 Sagebrush |
 Junction |
 Junction |
 Trail |
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 Split |
 View west |
 Pickleweed |
 View back across the marsh |
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 Wild radish lines the trail |
 Rerouted junction |
 On the return, a look back |
 Returning to the trailhead |
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