{"id":29,"date":"2005-04-03T15:21:17","date_gmt":"2005-04-03T20:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=29"},"modified":"2008-04-19T09:38:24","modified_gmt":"2008-04-19T17:38:24","slug":"ridge-roving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2005\/04\/03\/ridge-roving\/","title":{"rendered":"Ridge roving"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mountain range facing the Pacific Ocean has oodles of open space set aside for hikers, bikers and others who like to gawk at green stuff. I went with Mike, Kathy & company<\/a> on Saturday to trod some of the trails in a small section of the range called Long Ridge Open Space Preserve<\/a>. The map at the trailhead identifies eight open space preserves along the mountain ridges up here. Our little hike was just a pinch of what’s available — you could hike for days and never run out of trail. <\/p>\n

The scenery is less spectacular than, say, the Pinnacles, but it’ll do. <\/p>\n

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Big slabs of rock along the trail make me wonder who left ’em there. <\/p>\n

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Joanne pauses to take in the view. On some days you can see the Pacific Ocean from up here. All we got Saturday were the clouds, but they put on a bit of a show. <\/p>\n

One of the nice things about these trails — besides the common everyday visual splendor — is that they start from a road at the top of the ridge, so you don’t have to climb for hours to see views only available from the highest elevations. <\/p>\n

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Requisite wildflower pix. <\/p>\n

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Even the pine trees are throwing out new buds. <\/p>\n

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Just a view up out of the trees from one of the shady trails<\/p>\n

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Somebody suggested this rock looked like a lion’s head. <\/p>\n

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More flowers and sky. <\/p>\n

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Used to be a branch here. <\/p>\n

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Sun, give my people sun! <\/p>\n

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A tree across the path is as good a reminder of the cycle of life and death as you’ll find. And no buzzards feeding on it, which is always a bonus. <\/p>\n

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A solitary drake on a little pond in a valley between the hills. <\/p>\n

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More clouds moving across the sky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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