Carl S. Gutekunst · @alameth
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Grandfather's Garden, Barrack 11-2-E, Topaz Concentration Camp, Delta, Utah.

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Carl S. Gutekunst · @alameth
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Trail to Pebble Beach at Sea Ranch, California.

(I'm aware of five distinct places in California named “pebble beach.” I often wonder if “Bean Hollow” was named that because there were already too many places called “pebble beach”?)

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Prickly Pear Cactus, upriver from Parker, Arizona.

A lot of desert mountain was blasted to build “the bypass,” a highway to route impatient drivers around the congested area paralleling the Colorado River. There are many wide places you can safely park a car, and then scale the man-made cliff face, and take a short walk to find vast desert vistas that most of the people below don't know exist.

#pathways #walking #trailphoto #trailphotography #hiking #arizona #pricklypear

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Carl S. Gutekunst · @alameth
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@enog I love lighthouses. But West Coast lighthouses have a “problem”: they're always in beautiful and interesting places, and I get distracted. 😄 We were planning to visit this lighthouse at Point Arena and then continue to Mendocino, but spent 3+ hours exploring Stornetta and never got to Mendocino. 🤷‍♂️

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Carl S. Gutekunst · @alameth
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Stornetta Public Lands, California

The bluffs at Stornetta were once coastal seafloor that was uplifted by the movement of the Pacific Plate millions of years ago, then eroded and collapsed over time to form the bluffs seen today. The top of the bluffs looks and feels like poured concrete.

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Carl S. Gutekunst · @alameth
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Bear Gulch Reservoir, Pinnacles National Park, California

Pinnacles is the western half of an ancient volcano that once straddled the San Andreas fault. There is a system of caves under the mountain, but they were only open in dry years and I can only recall exploring them once. But that was 30 years ago, 20 years before “drought” became part of our new normal. I'm curious what happened to those caves and this tiny reservoir those years, and what it looks like now after our record rainfall.

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Carl S. Gutekunst · @alameth
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Pinnacles National Park, Paicines, California

Pinnacles is the west half of an ancient volcano that once straddled the San Andreas fault. In the picture is a seasonal creek that flows through a network of caves under the mountain. There is a trail through the caves, but it's only open when the water level is low enough. We used to hike here at least annually, and I only remember the caves being open once.

This pic is from 1992, 10 years before “drought” became part of the California lifestyle. I'm curious how many of the last 10 years those caves have been open, and what they look like after this year's record rainfall.

#pathways #walking #trailphoto #trailphotography #hiking #california #nationalparks #pinnaclesnationalpark

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Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve, Cupertino, California

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