Because of the fire, the hillsides were covered with wildflowers in bloom! Click on an image to see it full size.
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Starting the clear out the bypass where the huge oak tree fell across the trail.
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Removing some of the worst obstacles from the bypass. It took a lot of work to level this rock off a bit!
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Here you can better see the tree fallen across the trail.
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Smoothing out the tread to fill in between the rocks sticking up.
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This part of the bypass is finished!
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Smoothing out the rocks under the fallen tree to make it easier to push a bike through.
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This section of the trail has been widened.
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Removing another rock that protrudes into the middle of the trail.
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Removing some debris that had washed up into a tree.
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Putting on some finishing touches.
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Now you can see this pipe sticking up next to the trail!
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The culvert, left, ended up blocking the trail and leaving a huge rut across it. Now the rut is easier to cross.
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The path around the culvert was widened and smoothed.
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Lunch at the M*A*S*H site
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While taking rest breaks, we looked around at the millions of wildflowers that we rarely see in this area. This is a globe lily in front of Chinese houses.
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Another view of a globe lily.
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The Chinese houses are more clear here.
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There are a few fire poppies scattered amoung the tiny white flowers on the hillside.
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A California poppy next to the trail
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This newly emerged moth was buzzing along the edge of trail getting ready to fly off.
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The Crags Rd bridge isn't much use any more.
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