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vandekar: The staging area, pre-hike...
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vandekar: Rainclouds drifting over the hills
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vandekar: Along the gravel road...
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vandekar: Getting on the trail
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vandekar: Twisting branches
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vandekar: Mossy trunks
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vandekar: Darkening skies
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vandekar: Things started with a thin overcast...
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vandekar: Grove in the rain
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vandekar: Grove in the rain
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vandekar: The rain brings out the colors in the lichen
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vandekar: At times I was a good 2-3" taller...
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vandekar: You can't really see it, but...
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vandekar: Fossil by the side of the trail
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vandekar: When the raindrops on my hat were only beginning to fall
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vandekar: Cows - 'nough said
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vandekar: Disaffected Black Angus
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vandekar: California Bay
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vandekar: California Bay, enjoying its first soak since last Spring
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vandekar: Old father oak
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vandekar: View into the valley
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vandekar: Rain-slick manzanita
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vandekar: Manzanita in the rain
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vandekar: Moss and Rust
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vandekar: Root overhang along the trail
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vandekar: Exposed roots along the trail
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vandekar: Leaves in the rain
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vandekar: Leaves in the rain
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vandekar: Fossils and leaves
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vandekar: Things are getting a bit soggy