Photos
from a May 2001 hike at Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve (click on any image for a larger view) |
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Trailhead |
Gate |
Bridge |
Passing information kiosk |
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Flax |
Phyllis Ellman Loop Trail split |
Ninebark |
Rocky stretch of trail |
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Phyllis Ellman Loop Trail |
False lupine |
Split; stay right |
Roots tangle across the trail |
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Spur rejoins |
Climbing |
Little bridge |
Blackberries |
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Another split; stay right |
Phyllis Ellman Loop Trail |
Lupine |
Split; stay left |
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Coast live oak |
California bay |
Nearing the crest |
Split |
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Crest |
View south |
View to Tam |
Ring Mountain Fire Road |
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Approaching junction |
Path to Petroglyph Rock |
Rock carvings |
An unusual paintbrush |
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Returning to junction |
View north |
Split and signpost 14 |
Tiburon mariposa lily |
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Another |
Descent |
Buckeye |
View |
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Spur rejoins |
Soap plant |
Phyllis Ellman Loop Trail |
Near houses |
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White brodiaea |
Ithuriel's spear (in front of false lupine leaves) |
Approaching junction |
Returning to the trailhead |
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