Photos from a March
2001 hike at Garin/Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park (click on any image for a larger view) |
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Parking lot |
Path to Visitor Center |
Visitor Center |
Junction |
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Trail |
Crossover |
Trail at pond's edge |
Junction |
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Buckeye |
View to Jordan Pond |
View southeast |
High Ridge Loop Trail |
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Junction |
High Ridge Loop Trail |
View east |
Gooseberry |
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Trail splits; either path is an option |
Fiddlenecks |
Descent |
Approaching junction |
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Sycamore |
High Ridge Loop Trail |
Trial passes an old orchard |
Trail winds through grassland |
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Turkeys on the side of the trail |
High Ridge Loop Trail turns and heads uphill |
Climbing |
California bay, buckeye, and coast live oak are the dominant trees |
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Fresh maple leaves |
Approaching junction |
Little pond |
Junction |
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Steep |
Back in grassland |
Turning away from a poison oak-covered hillside |
High Ridge Loop Trail |
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A look back |
Continuing to climb |
Suncups |
Approaching junction |
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High Ridge Loop Trail, near the peak elevation |
View east |
Straight stretch |
View west |
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Descent |
Buttercups |
Approaching junction |
High Ridge Loop Trail |
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View west |
Approaching gate |
View north, to Garin Peak |
Junction |
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Newt Pond Trail |
Descending |
Cow paths make the trail hard to follow |
Trail seems to split here |
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Crossing the creek |
Junction |
Approaching gate |
Junction with campground road |
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Old Homestead Trail |
Flowering fruit tree |
Maple |
Picnic area |
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