North Table Mountain, 4/16/16

5.1 miles.
Drove up to look for some wildflowers, after the disappointing trip at Folsom lake last week.  North Table Mountain did not disappoint!  There were plenty of lupine patches, with the occasional Owl's Clover and patches of yellow.  California Poppies looked like they had just started; flowers were only about 1/2 to 3/4 inches.  Lots of baby grasshoppers everywhere we stepped.  Creeks and falls were flowing lightly.

Phantom Falls.  The specks in the shadows were birds.

Sedum oreganum, Oregon Stonecrop

Owl's Clover amidst Lupine

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Salt Point State Park, 5/18/13 - 5/19/13

5/18/13; 7.0 out-and-back along the coast along the Salt Point Trail and Stump Beach Trail(?).  Start at the Salt Point Visitor Center, turn around at the Sentinel Rock Viewing Platform.

 

 5/19/13; Morning stroll by the Salt Point Visitor Center

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Oakhurst, 5/3/13 - 5/5/13

5/3/13, Bass Lake.
Had a Groupon for the Yosemite Southgate Hotel, so we "roughed it" there.  I made sure they had microwaves, so we brought the lekue and nuked our catch from Bass Lake for dinner.

5/4/13, Chilnualna Falls, 8 mile out-and-back.

Stop along the road near Wawona

Cascades along the Chilnualna Falls trail

nom nom

Chilnualna Falls

5/5/13, Willow Creek Trail
There's a one-lane road/driveway that leads to the trailhead, with enough space for two cars, but I think it's private.  We parked a ways down the road at a turnout and walked back to the trailhead. 

Harlequin Lupine

 

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Folsom Lake, 4/20/13-4/21/13

Went camping and fishing at Folsom Lake.  We did not catch any fish, but were lucky to catch the lupines in bloom.  Supposedly a massive bloom like this happens every 5 to 10  years.

1 of 3 rattlesnakes on the Peninsula Campground side.

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