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| Scary warning at the top, danger ahead: enter at your own risk |
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| This cool lonely tree |
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| Great little bamboo looking woods section |
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| The waterfall wasn't running but it was still a large beautiful and humbling rock |
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| Little rope used to climb up or down this rock section |
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| Last section is bouldering through the wash |
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| I'm so tiny, the rock is so big :) |
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| Flowing mountains all around |
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| This little pond was pretty much the only water around at this time |
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| Great hills in the background, can't wait to climb them |
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| Cool bridges through the riparian habitat |
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| Wicked Halloween tree |
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| Top of the first, west peak |
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| Can see 360 degrees at the top of the east peak |
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| Able to see Carlsbad and the ocean |
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| The lake is beautiful from the top |
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| Someone built a cool little maze out of rocks |
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| The cliff walls are great |
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| Ready to climb up the volcano |
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| Great view of the volcano, with a ray of sun coming down |
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| Back to the lake, what a hike |
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| Cool starting point with the trees |
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| Ascend quick and get great views in return |
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| Rocky trail |
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| Gorgeous rolling hills |
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| Peak is amazing |
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| Had to move the boulder out of the way |
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| Not a bad valley to see on the way back down |
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| Landed in Avalon, adventure awaits |
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| Cool walk up the road to the hike |
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| Saw this bird in the nature center |
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| Felt like Halloween already with this guy |
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| Got to the start of the trail |
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| Started hiking up the steep and narrow Hermit Gulch trail |
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| Ascended quick and got rewarded with beautiful views of the ocean |
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| Feeling grateful |
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| Super happy to be here |
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| Gorgeous at the top, but they need to change their biking policies! |
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| Being above the clouds in the mountains |
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| We bad, we know it |
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| Ate lunch at the top and watched the clouds clear out |
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| Kinda cool rock formation |
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| Botanical garden had some great succulents |
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| This rare treat |
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| Wild and pokey combo |
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| Bridge of science |
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| Wrigley Memorial, pretty cool that the Chicago Cubs trained here for over 20 years |
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| Nice iron engraved door |
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| Ocean is so crystal clear |
