Ted's Hiking World Dipsea~Steep Ravine Loop
Mount Tamalpais State Park

May 27, 2016

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Getting Started

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Pacific Pea *
Cow Parsnip

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The Dipsea Trail hosts America's second-oldest annual foot race

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Wild Hollyhock *
Rattlesnake Grass

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Common Monkeyflower *
Italian Thistle

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Fog obscures the ocean

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Sticky Monkeyflower *
Pacific Morning Glory

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Pink Honeysuckle *
Capeweed

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The non-photographers have forged ahead

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California Poppy *
Perennial Pea

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Communing with the world's tallest living things

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Into the primeval forest

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The obstacle course begins

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Leaving the Dipsea Trail

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What a team!

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Steep Ravine

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Duck!

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Today's wildlife entry: a Yellow-Spotted Millipede

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Nice grasses

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Nice creek

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The crux of the mission

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Pacific Trillium *
Blue-Eyed Grass

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It's a 900-foot climb

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End of the line


§: Well, was it worth a six-hour drive?  I thought so.

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