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Favorite
local walks. |
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a date to view... Photos open in seperate windows.
(Instructions for viewing in stereo found on this
page.
All photos copyright © 2003)
March 30, 2003: a walk along the NID
(Nevada Irrigation District) trail
April 20th: two pics with friends
at upper Deer Creek falls
April 27th: extensive pics of both
upper and lower falls
May 16th: with my friend Siobhan from
the North side
May 22th: Siobhan shows me Purdon's
Crossing
Page
Two...
Other pics (in folders):
May 4th: Backgrounds
May
10th: With Siobhan & daughter Sierra
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| March
30th... a twenty minute walk from home. |
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| meadow
(stereo) |
meadow
near home |
road
down (stereo) |
road
down |
water
tunnel along the NID ditch (stereo) |
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| water
tunnel |
salamanders |
"fern
wall" (stereo) |
"fern
wall" |
river
bend (stereo) |
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| Deer
Creek |
rock
lichen (stereo) |
brook
pathway (stereo) |
brook
pathway |
pixie
living room (stereo) |
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| pixie
lanai (stereo) |
pixie
playground (stereo) |
upper
fall left top |
upper
fall dry right (stereo) |
upperfall
right, behind rocks pictured on left |
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| tumblestone
drill (stereo) |
close-up
left falls |
panorama |
water tunnel exit (stereo) |
below
lower falls (stereo) |
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| lookout
point pine (stereo) |
tree
& flowers at lookout point (stereo) |
tree
& flowers |
towards
Lake Wildwood (stereo) |
towards
Lake Wildwood |
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April
20, 03
Took my friends Gary and Joel down to the top of the Upper Falls.
Gary and Joel were the artists for the sets in our play, "Cinderella." |
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Gary
& Joel overall view |
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Close
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April
27, 03
A beautiful day out, I thought I'd go and discover the lower falls,
which I can hear each time I hike the area. First stopping at the
Upper Falls. |
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| Upper
falls first: top |
then
a little higher up |
you
can actually feel the rumble... |
from
down a ways now: the upper left top |
forked
falls |
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rock on the lower left makes a perfect, sun-soaked seat, to bask in the
beauty of this view. |
The
middle of the upper falls... |
Same
view, just down lower |
...and
turning to the left, you see this |
a
plant growing from the rock here |
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| Looking
like castle crennelations: fort rock. A great place to take in the view. |
The
path winds through some tight-but-fun spots. |
Winding
my way down to the lower falls, I spot this wisp of the last part of the
upper falls. |
Here
a close up. |
Here
I find what must've been an old shack. No wood left over, but the remains
of an old, rough "fireplace" (stereo). |
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| Finally,
snaking my way down a hidden trail, I come upon the Lower Deer Creek Falls. |
Zooming
in on the top half... |
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decide to climb this path down (much more appreciable in stereo). |
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make it down, here photographing just the upper lip of the top falls. |
This
looking down towards the lip, from a safe rock upstream. |
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And
here the view looking over... I'm guessing 25 - 30 feet high? |
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May
16, 03
Today Siobhan showed me an area to hike above the other side of the falls... |
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NID trail from the other side. That highest pine (& oak next to it,
easy to spot in stereo) are the first three pics in this
row. |
The
falls from a more northerly direction. |
In
stereo... |
Siobhan's
favorite view point. |
A
beautiful home right above the upper falls. (Third pic in this
row.) |
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| Siobhan
with Lake Wildwood behind her. |
The
lake up close. |
An
awesome view here. |
Captured
in stereo... |
...with
an even tighter view. |
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May
22, 03
Siobhan brought me up along one of the South Yuba River Trails today: the
Purdons - Edwards trail. |
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| Ready
to go, I capture this pic of Siobhan, start walking... |
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immediately spot flowers. Here, some Indian bursts. |
Here
a wild rose. |
We
come upon a mystical place Siobhan calls the "Faery Glen." |
A
miniature falls awaits within. |
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| Later
up the trail, Sio shows me a favorite lookout. |
A
nice view of the river below, flowing at high capacity. |
Siobhan
alerts me to the presence of this swallowtail. |
While
a ray of sunlight alerts me to this burst of orange. |
In
all, I loved the walk, as well as my smiling tour guide! |
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Back
the way we came, I can't resist another stop at the Glen... still, no faeries
about. |
Oh
there's one! Wait... a bit too tall. |
Well,
this guy'll just have to fill in! |
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Later
in the day I stop by Lake Englebright... |
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| After
seeing the river's high flow upstream, I had to go stop by lake Englebright.
Here the marina. The last I'd been here was with family a few years ago. |
Atop
the lookout, the high water flow makes for a terrific waterfall. |
Here
it is via QuickTime video. The sound's rather lame, but it still gives you
an idea.
(4 megs of download time: you might want to fetch some tea... ;^) |
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The
next day's views... |
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