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001 Using two cars, we dropped my Rav4 off at the hike's terminus, in the Boulder Oaks Campground near I-8
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004 We drove up to Mount Laguna, and Vicki dropped me off at the Big Laguna Trailhead - 19 miles to get back to the car!
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009 A stand of pines in the morning light on the Big Laguna Trail, as I hiked east toward the PCT
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010 Junction where the Big Laguna Trail meets the Pacific Crest Trail - I turned right, headed south on the PCT
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029 I came upon a set of signs on the PCT just north of the town of Mount Laguna, enticing hikers to come visit
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033 It was Spring in Mount Laguna, and the grass was green beneath the tall pine trees, on the Pacific Crest Trail
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039 The PCT joined with the Desert View Trail, and the views east over the Anza-Borrego Desert were spectacular
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050 Panorama view east, with the radar dome on Stephenson Peak on the left and the desert on the right
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060 Panorama shot from the PCT and Desert View trails, looking east at Stephenson Peak and the Anza-Borrego Desert
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065 Trailside water faucet in Mount Laguna for hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail and Desert View Trail
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068 GoPro video of the water fountain spraying ridiculously high in Mount Laguna on the Pacific Crest Trail
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078 Looking southeast down along La Posta creek at upper Thing Valley, from the Pacific Crest Trail
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084 The Desert View Trail headed back toward Mount Laguna while the Pacific Crest Trail continued south
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094 The pine forest in Mount Laguna was very peaceful in the morning light on the Pacific Crest Trail
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100 Trail sign on the Pacific Crest Trail in Mount Laguna - I'd already hiked 6 miles but still had 13 left to go!
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102 Once the Pacific Crest Trail was south of Mount Laguna the tall trees ended and it began to descend steadily
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129 Long Canyon Creek was still flowing this early in the season - it wasn't much but it looked tasty - I didn't need any water
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142 Panorama view northeast over a meadow in Long Canyon, from the Pacific Crest Trail south of Mount Laguna
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144 Panorama video over a meadow in Long Canyon, south of Mount Laguna on the Pacific Crest Trail
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150 The Pacific Crest Trail climbed up and out of Long Canyon - panorama view looking west over the canyon
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157 Panorama video looking out over Long Canyon from the Pacific Crest Trail south of Mount Laguna
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161 The PCT descended into Fred Canyon as it continued south and I took a break under a lovely Black Oak Tree
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166 The Pacific Crest Trail continued south across some high chaparral on it's way toward Kitchen Creek from Fred Canyon
