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Point Reyes Elkies!
These are Tule Elk at the Tule Elk Reserve, Point Reyes National...
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Tule Elk
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Cutely colored
Clara thinks they look like they've diapers!
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With the elk!
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Elk with Tomales Bay behind
The buildings are part of the historic Pierce Point Ranch.
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The Marin Hills near Mount Tam
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Clara above Bolinas!
The Bolinas Lagoon and Stinson Beach below. Clara's atop a ridge at the...
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Rock Circle!
We came up here to find a mysterious hidden rock circle. Though these...
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Surveying the scene
Nothing else, however, was remotely disappointing on this bright,...
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Caterpillar and buggy!
Near the San Andreas Fault on the Earthquake Trail, Point Reyes National...
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Daniel on the Fault
I'm standing on the San Andreas Fault. These fences were once...
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Point Reyes!
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Sea Lion Point
The Sea Lions swim, rest and play below the iceplant-covered cliffs. We saw...
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Mule Deer!
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Elephant Seal Overlook
The largest of all earless seals rest on the far side of this beach.
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Elephant Seals!
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South Beach, Looking North
Tomales Point is at the top left. The picture is taken from near the...
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From Chimney Rock Overlook
This is not Chimney Rock. We took the Chimney Rock Trail along a nice...
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Where land, sea and iceplants meet
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Tule Bull on hike to Tomales Point
This and the pictures that follow are from my hike through the Tule...
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Stand of Cypress
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Northern Flicker?
I saw dozens of these darlings darting through the air. Their under-wings are...
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This is the typical terrain for the Tule
The hike to Tomales Point is five miles through the elk reserve between the...
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Elk herd
The five miles from road to Point are punctuated every half-mile or so...
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More Elk, antlers too
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Antlers and ocean
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A solitary Bull
That's Tomales Bay, not the Pacific Ocean, behind him.
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The Pacifc meets Tomales Bay
here at Tomales Point, where the land ends and sea extends. The last...
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Pelicans!
Pelicans, gulls, cormorants, vultures, hawks and more flew so close to the...
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The Pacific from Tomales Point
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Pelicans and Kelp
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Tomales Point
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The cows, complete with collars
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Cute Cows
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Staring me down?
He was a pretty docile fellow.
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Rutting season!
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Elk, antlers, sea, and Point Reyes
The elk, guardians of the sea, girded by Point Reyes.
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Elephant Seals, Point Reyes!
I saw these cuties from a cliff near Chimney Rock, 1-10-09. About 1200...
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Male Elephant Seal
Note his trunk. There were about 70 elephant seals here, whom I saw from...
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Murres!
It's hard to see them in the picture, but there are about a...
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Murres feeding
From the sea they took flight after two peregrine falcons gave them...
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Red plants on rocks near Chimney Rock
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Morning Creek, Samuel P Taylor Park
I drove through Samuel P. Taylor State Park en route to Point Reyes, stopped,...
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Morning Reflections, Samuel Taylor
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Redwood above creek, Samuel Taylor
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Egret near Lagunitas
I went looking for salmon and found an egret. 2-18-09.
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No Salmon here!
Lagunitas watershed, near Samuel P. Taylor State Park.
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No salmon, but a redwood!
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Samuel P. Taylor Redwoods
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A mushroom in the redwood grove
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Samuel P. Taylor State Park
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Big redwood stump
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Olema Valley en route to Point Reyes
I found no salmon; since I was close to Point Reyes, I then headed there.
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Point Reyes Elephant Seals!
Still 2-18-09.
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Elephant seals
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A little family
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See the big trunks?
There's one, the bearer of whom is gray, away from the water, in...
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The Pacific
I ate lunch on these rocks, not far from the Lighthouse. If you look...
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Point Reyes wildflowers
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Tule Elk!
Point Reyes, but not in the elk reserve. These elkies are near the Southern...
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Elk
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Kingfisher!
At the Bolinas Lagoon. It's still 2-18-09. I stopped at the lagoon...
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Harbor Seals!
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Western Grebe!
This is one of Clara's favorite waterfowls.
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Pink hills and Mount Tam
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Pink closeup
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Redwood Creek, Muir Woods
No salmon here! 2-18-09.
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Redwoods!
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Ferns and redwoods
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Clara likes this picture
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Ferns on the Ocean View Trail
Despite what the sign said, I was indeed able to view the ocean from...
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Banana Slug and fungus
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Muir Woods Ocean View Trail
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The creek and groundcover
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Indian Warriors
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Muir Woods Indian Warrior
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Nurse log
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Waterfall
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Milk Maids?
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Star Lily, near the top
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Wild pea?
At the top of the Ocean View Trail there is an ocean view--I know...
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Hawk!
On the top of the mid-sized tree in the middle of the picture.
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Great Horned Owl!
This is on the way back down the Ocean View Trail.
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Owl!
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Little falls
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Ferns, groundcover, redwoods
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Back at Redwood Creek
No salmon here!
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More Muir
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Wake Robin (Trillium) Hillside Trail
After I came back down the Ocean View Trail and walked the main Muir...
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Muir Woods
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Big Redwoods
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Mushroom
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Wake robin (trillium)
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Irises, Elliott Nature Preserve
I took a Sierra Club hike in Marin on Tax Day, 2009. We started and...
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Purple iris
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Pink and purple irises
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Irises and buttercups
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Lupines
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Mount Tam
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Lupine Patch
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False Lupine
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Caterpillars!
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Mt. Tam
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Alpine Lake
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Cream Cups and Poppies
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Horsetails, Lily Pond
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Lily Pond
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Carson Falls and red larkspur
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Carson Falls, larkspur and ferns
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Red larkspur
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Golden patch!
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Back at Elliott Preserve with the irises
This is the last picture from my April 15th Sierra Club hike.
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Point Reyes poppies and lupines
4-25-09 Sierra Club hike in Southern Point Reyes with Clara.
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Field lupines and golden poppies
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Tidy tips
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Non-native pretty plant
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Garter snake!
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Garter snake
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Tidy Tips and Gold Fields
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Blue Pimpernels
There are lots of scarlet pimpernels in Marin, but these are the first...
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Bush lupines, ocean and point
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Pussy ears and blue-eyed grass
These are the first pussy ears we've ever seen!
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Ocean, looking South
We ascended from Bear Valley, through fir forest and meadows, then...
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Lupines and Sea
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Morning Glory
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Clara resting under Bay Tree
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Caterpillar!
This is shortly after we crossed a meadow with brown and white deer.
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Bay and fir trees entwined
Last picture from 4-25-09 Point Reyes hike.
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Stinson Beach, elevation zero
On 6-7-09 Clara and I hiked from Stinson Beach to Mt. Tamalpais (East...
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Clara in the woods
This is on the Dipsea Trail, which climbs from the town of Stinson Beach,...
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Columbine
On the Steep Ravine Trail.
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Steep Ravine
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Columbine
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Columbine from below
These flowers do not stare someone of human height in the face.
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Clara and the columbines
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Daniel and the redwoods
As we climb the Steep Ravine Trail, we enter an environment much like Muir...
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Continuation of previous picture sans me
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Trillium and Red Clintonia
(From right to left.) Great flowers and lush hills, with creeks, small...
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Calochortus
We saw these beautiful flowers on the Matt Davis Trail, which continues from...
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Clara with monkey flower on Mt Tam
The trail climbs out of the forest and into the chaparral as we approach the...
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At the West Point Inn, with the Pacific
Those are the Marin hills and the ocean behind us, whence we came. The West...
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Clara above Alpine Lake
The last third of a mile to the summit is full of spectacular views of...
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A view from the summit
2572 ft. Apparently the West Peak, which has an observatory on its...
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Another view from the summit
The bridge is the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.
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Mt. Diablo and San Francisco
The mountain is at the top left; the city, on the far right.
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On the summit
The ocean is on the right; the bay and SF are at left. We are not quite...
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I admire a view near the summit
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Gopher Snake!
One can actually drive all but the last third of a mile up the...
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Gopher snake: a different view
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Ravens near summit
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Lorquin's admiral
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Clara and the lushery
A small and surprising profusion of green and water marked this...
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Monkey flower and morning glory
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Flowering dudleya (rock lettuce)
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Clara on the Matt Davis Trail
This portion of the trail was short and windy, but sweet. After half a...
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Clara marching on
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Lupine
As Clara says, lupine and I go way back. This is field, not bush, lupine.
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Coralroot: Last Stinson-Tam pic
Cool coralroot orchid in the woods near the ocean. This is the last...
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Waterfall, Steep Ravine Trail
Ian and I hiked up the Steep Ravine Trail to Pantoll and down the Matt Davis...
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Banana Slug on Steep Ravine Trail
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Fog in forest
Matt Davis Trail.
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California Buckeye
From Table Rock. This is the last picture from my hike with Ian.
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11-08-09 Mt. Tam with Dad
Here the Douglas Firs greet the ocean as I walk around waiting for...
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California Bay Laurel
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Ragged California Sister
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Buckwheat
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Fungus!
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The Pacific
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The ocean, fog and barge
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Lizard
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Banana Slug
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Forget-Me-Nots
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Hawk!
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Webb Creek from the Steep Ravine Trail
Dad and I hiked down the Matt Davis Trail and up the Steep Ravine Trail.
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Dad and Webb Creek waterfall
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Dad, redwoods and ferns
Steep Ravine Trail. This is the last picture from our 11-09 hike.
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