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July 01, 2004
Deer in Sleepy Hollow
Bob told me "You have to stop and look."
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June 26, 2004
White Horse
Along the Vulture View Trail, we beheld a pale horse, a mare.
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June 19, 2004
Trabuco Canyon
The road was harder than the trail.
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June 13, 2004
Chiquito Basin
We were lost. Or at least, for about five minutes, I dreaded that I had wandered off on the wrong trail.
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Recent Hikes
Today we walked to Chiquito Basin, a descent through oak woodland, chaparral, and meadows steaming with yarrow and buckwheat.
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June 12, 2004
Growling
A low growl burbled behind me.
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June 11, 2004
Notes on an Air Evac 6
If you want to see a cross-section of human suffering and human folly, go to an ER on Memorial Day weekend.
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June 10, 2004
Aluminum Locusts
Trail bikers rushing down the Serrano Cow Trail don't stop when the trail is too narrow to hold both them and a hiker.
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June 07, 2004
Deaf to the World
An older Persian man grinned at me from a nose worthy of Darius the Great. He pulled out his earphones when he saw my lips moving in greeting.
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June 03, 2004
Notes from an Air Evac 5
I was off the ground before I knew it. I ascended into the sky, which was the deceptive azure of a cool alpine lake.
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June 02, 2004
Notes from an Air Evac 4
The word "fucking" preceded many of my thoughts. Why the fuck did they fucking run the fucking trail up the fucking naked side of the fucking mountain?
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Notes from an Air Evac 3
"It's time to get off this mountain as fast as we can."
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June 01, 2004
Notes on an Air Evac 2
What I did not forsee were three wildcards....Together, they conspired to bring me into a bad situation from which I had to be rescued.
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Notes on an Air Evac 1
In three miles, the Silverado Motorway convulses and pitches up 2000 feet of short forest slope.
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May 26, 2004
I Will Not Surrender My Joy
In my head I shall keep these images as the reason for my struggle.
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May 23, 2004
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May 22, 2004
Swarm and Splendor
The weird wildlife encounter of the day was a swarm of bees which covered an area the width of a basketball in the middle of the road.
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May 21, 2004
Signs and Solitude
Like Maria of alembic, I discount these sightings as signs.
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May 17, 2004
Off Trabuco Canyon
The noise of the OHVs sandpapered our ears as we climbed the 400 foot scarp to the first mesa.
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May 15, 2004
The Road Goes Ever Onward
I gained too much weight and didn't upload any new hikes until this past week.
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May 11, 2004
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May 09, 2004
Teaching Fear
It was only seven inches long from nose to tail, one of this spring's first kits.
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April 24, 2004
Cussed Snake at Holy Jim
"Did you get a picture of it?" Lynn asked.
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March 27, 2004
Dripping Cave
It's not much, just an undercut of a brief run that comes down from the neighborhood called "Top of the World".
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March 14, 2004
Sleepy Hollow, Whiting Ranch Wilderness
I am an atheist when it comes to the existence of the lower pond.
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March 11, 2004
Felis Concolor at Whiting Wilderness 4
On Tuesday, I went for a walk along the Sage Scrub Trail. There, preserved in the hardened mud along that mountain biker-eroded canyon, I saw a series of about ten tracks.
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January 11, 2004
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November 25, 2003
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October 24, 2003
Utah Trails 5
And now we come to the finish of my trail reports from this vacation, accounts of a state park that was well worth the detour
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October 23, 2003
Utah Trails 4
Two more hikes from our trip. Saddle Arch (Upper Muley Twist), Capitol Reef National Park Strike Valley Overlook, Capitol Reef...
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October 21, 2003
Utah Trails 3
I spent most of last night pulling together reports on three special areas.
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October 18, 2003
Utah Trails 2
I'm all backed up still, getting my reports out for Localhikes.com, but here are links to two more trails (with...
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October 17, 2003
Utah Trails 1
One thing that impressed me on this trip was how many people took so little time to enjoy the features of the trails.
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September 03, 2003
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August 23, 2003
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June 16, 2003
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June 08, 2003
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June 07, 2003
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June 01, 2003
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May 18, 2003
Local Hikes Link
To better serve you, I've added the link to the list of them on the right.
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