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rozoneill: Deming Gulch TH is one of six trailheads on the Sterling Mine Ditch Trail
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rozoneill: This hike did deliver on the scenery as promised
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rozoneill: Madrone trees were a huge thing on this hike
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rozoneill: Hey, can you hold a brother up?
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rozoneill: Well-used path through the woods
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rozoneill: The trail was always on the downhill berm of the old ditch
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rozoneill: The trail cut through some young madrone woods
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rozoneill: Artwork on a madrone tree
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rozoneill: Trees have belly buttons too
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rozoneill: Manzanita and its burgundy colored limbs
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rozoneill: A madrone gets all squiggly at the top
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rozoneill: View to the Siskiyou Mountains and foothills
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rozoneill: The shade was welcome on a fairly warm day
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rozoneill: Leafless oaks stand against a magnificent blue sky
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rozoneill: Oak branches going every which way
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rozoneill: The rough texture of an oak trunk
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rozoneill: A madrone reaches for the sky
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rozoneill: Lichen finds a home in the only spot that is not smooth
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rozoneill: Shadow play on a madrone trunk
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rozoneill: Lichen hangs about on a madrone tree
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rozoneill: Straight shot through some twiggy woods
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rozoneill: Medusa head, oak tree style
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rozoneill: View across Armstrong Gulch, which I was circling around
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rozoneill: Lichen clings to life on a conifer
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rozoneill: Lichen, looking like witch's hair
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rozoneill: Lichen closeup
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rozoneill: Trail through the shady woods
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rozoneill: The trail left the ditch's side briefly
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rozoneill: Curving through the woods goes the trail
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rozoneill: Lichen closeup, as it thrives on a dead tree