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Tag Archives: Creeks
Project Sespe Creek Connect: Stage II, Middle Sespe
Dry Lakes Ridge in morning light. Stillman and I worked down the second helping of our Sespe Creek project on Monday. It was a quick half-day, in-and-out through middle Sespe from Tule Creek to Piedra Blanca Trailhead. Once passed the … Continue reading
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Tagged Creeks, Hiking, Hiking (2), Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pics, Sespe, Writing
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Project Sespe Creek Connect: Stage I, Upper Sespe
Potrero Seco as seen in morning’s early light, the rugged and parched mountains of the Dick Smith Wilderness seen in the background. The rolling grass covered hills of Potrero Seco in the Sierra Madre Mountains form the upper boundary of … Continue reading
Posted in Ventura County
Tagged Creeks, Hiking, Hiking (2), Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pics, Sespe
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