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{ Monthly Archives } June 2004

Another Mission Peak photo

Man on Mission Peak. June 27, 2004.
The odd thing is that this fellow and the 20 or so other people who arrived at the summit while I was there stopped at the northern sub-peak and never came over to touch the actual summit. Maybe I needed a shower…
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Mission Peak

Cattle on Mission Peak. June 27, 2004.
Yes. Cattle.
You’d think I’d come back from a peak climb with photos of something other than livestock, but whatever…
I did a quick hike up Mission Peak this morning. It is a good climb, so it works as preparation for my upcoming Sierra pack trip. (Two weeks from today I [...]

Summer Grass

Dry grass at Almaden Quicksilver Park. June 26, 2004.
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Almaden Quicksilver Mining Equipment

Abandoned mining equipment. Almaden Quicksilver Park. June 26, 2004.
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English Camp buildings

Boards on abandoned building at English Camp. Quicksilver County Park. June 4, 2004.
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Wood Road or Woods Road?

Now I’m confused. I originally thought that the trail I wrote about earlier this week was the “Woods Road” trail, but then I saw a reference to “Wood Road” online. Now I see other references to “Wood Road” and I’m confused… ;-)
I’ll leave the references on this site as they are for now.
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Wood Road: A new trail

Yesterday my Almaden Quicksilver Park hike terminated at the start of the Wood Road trail at the Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve. Today I decided to drive straight up to this trailhead and explore this new (to me, at least) trail.
I hiked out about 3 miles to a small creek where I stopped for a [...]

Sierra Azul Photographs

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Owen and Caroliine descend Limekiln Trail. December 19, 2004.
Owen climbs El Sombroso. December 19, 2004.
Wood Road. December 19, 2004.

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Another photo of Almaden Quicksilver Mines ruins

I think I like this black and white version better than the color version posted earlier.
Quicksilver mine ruins. June 12, 2004.
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