Photos from an April
2001 hike at Mount Burdell Open Space Preserve (click on any image for a larger view) |
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Preserve gate |
Stile |
Path connects to San Andreas Fire Road, then meets San Marin Fire Road |
San Andreas Fire Road |
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Chinese houses |
Junction |
Johnnytuck |
Carpet of johnnytuck, with some filaree and California buttercup |
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San Andreas Fire Road |
Shortcut trail |
Through grassland |
Junction |
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Middle Burdell Fire Road |
Junction |
Popcorn flowers |
Deer Camp Fire Road |
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Graceful buckeye |
Fiddlenecks |
Spooky tree |
Deer Camp Fire Road |
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Buttercups on the side of the trail |
Grade picks up |
Steep |
Huge old California bay |
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Bluedicks |
Flat stretch |
View south |
Trail loses a little elevation |
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Approaching junction |
Cobblestone Fire Road |
Iris |
Climbing |
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Phacelia |
View across to Old Quarry Trail |
Shortcut trail breaks off on the right |
Lots of pretty purple vetch on the side of the trail here in early spring |
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Phacelia |
Rocky |
Final stretch |
Junction |
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Old Quarry Trail |
Descent |
Angling through grassland |
View downhill |
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Steep and rocky |
Mule ear sunflowers |
Poppies on a hillside |
View south from the trail |
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Wooded stretch |
Junction |
Flowers, grass, and buckeye |
Approaching junction |
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Back on Old Quarry Trail |
Cattle gate |
Approaching junction |
Caterpillars on a signpost |
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San Carlos Fire Road |
Approaching junction |
Michako Trail |
Acorns in oak tree |
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Michako Trail |
Through grassland |
Meadow foam |
Approaching junction |
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Drying grass on the sides of the trail |
Creamcups |
Shortcut on San Marin Fire Road |
Owl's clover |
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San Marin Fire Road |
Split near the preserve entrance gate, and the end of the trail |
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