Started off at Long Ridge with the soupy fog below me
I usually hike these hills in the spring - not used to seeing them this brown.
Turkey
Why did the turkey cross the road?
To get to his girlfriend, of course.
Dry.
Hot.
Fog
I only spend a couple of miles in this terrain - I'm heading down this road into the redwoods below.
Fog hanging over the redwoods.
Bush Poppy
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Finally out of the sun and into the shade.
Portola Redwoods State Park
Slate Creek
Never knew that the "Page Mill Road" was actually an access road for, well, the Page Mill. This is the original site.
To be id'd
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This is what happens when you don't have AAA
Along the Bear Creek Loop Trail
Leopard Lily
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They were huuuuuge
The whole plant
Nice spot for a break and foot soak somewhere around mile ten.
Closer to 5 miles. Strenuousness is relative. I didn't think it was bad.
Mmmmm this was a perfect place to be on a summer day.
Bush poppy
Back at the top, hot and dry.