Ted's Hiking World American Canyon
Auburn State Recreation Area

May 13, 2016

Photographically speaking, this was a relatively poor showing.  I was giving an older camera one last chance, but I won't use it for hiking anymore.

*
Getting started

*
Poison Oak Alley

*
Mountain Prettyface *
Bridges' Brodiaea

*
On the back loop

*
First view of the American River Canyon

*

*
It's Members Only up there, so we'll go the other way

* *

On Eileen's alternate route

*
Sierra Tidytips — a new one for my collection

*
Approaching Poverty Bar on the Middle Fork

*
Lunch time on the beach

In its heyday, this place hosted as many as 10,000 miners.

* *

American Canyon

* *

Hoboken Creek


§: Shucks.  You'd think we might have encountered a few snakes on Friday the 13th, at least!  It did get up into the eighties, however.

{No map today; my GPS was out of sorts}

---

*
The Dutch Claim at Poverty Bar in 1858

That explains the name Hoboken, a Dutch word.  The New Jersey community was originally settled as part of the Pavonia, New Netherlands Colony in the 17th century.

Go Back