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Valencia Peak hike at Montaña de Oro State Park - near Morro Bay, California |
| Spring colors in the coastal scrub. |
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| Bush lupines with the rocky cliffs in the distance. |
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| Wild strawberries and yerba buena along the trail edge. |
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| Looking down into the canyon below the trail. |
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| Fault lines toward the top of Valencia Peak. |
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Pinnacles National Monument, California - near Soledad |
| This ancient landscape is a completely different place compared to the nearby Salinas Valley. |
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| Moss-like Selaginella, Resurrection plant, on rocks under the Aesculus californica, buckeye, trees. |
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| Fantastic rock formations are found on the ancient volcano remnants. |
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| Claytonia perfoliata - Miner's lettuce |
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| Amsinckia species, Fiddleneck |
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| Dichelostemma capitatum - Wild hyacinth, Blue dicks |
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The Ruth Bancroft Garden - Walnut Creek, California |
| Ruth is 100 years old and still gardening! She will leave behind a legacy with her enormous collection of plants. It was over 100 degrees Fahrenheit the day we went in June! Good thing we had a morning tour. |
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