{"id":296,"date":"2006-02-12T18:43:48","date_gmt":"2006-02-12T23:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=296"},"modified":"2008-04-19T10:49:14","modified_gmt":"2008-04-19T18:49:14","slug":"a-few-scenes-from-ed-levin-county-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2006\/02\/12\/a-few-scenes-from-ed-levin-county-park\/","title":{"rendered":"A few scenes from Ed Levin County Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve got another snow-camping outing planned for the first weekend in March at Lassen Volcanic National Park. This one includes a seven-mile hike with full pack and snowshoes at above 8,000 feet, which means I need to beef up my hiking regimen to get ready for that heavy-duty haul.<\/p>\n

So Saturday I did the best 12-mile hike in my neighborhood, from Ed Levin Park to the Mission Peak summit 6 miles away. The first three and a half miles at Ed Levin rise about 2000 feet; after that it’s just one foot in front of the other till you get over to the peak and back. <\/p>\n

I took the camera along to give me an excuse to rest up now and then. It was a perfect day for soaring raptors, I saw a couple red-tailed hawks and other large birds of prey. The ground squirrels were making themselves very<\/i> scarce. <\/p>\n

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One of the most common birds around here is the yellow-billed magpie. They love to sit on fence posts and chitchat; I crept up to this one and caught him in mid-hop from one post to another. My guidebook describes them as "tolerant of humans," which probably explains why he let me get this close. <\/p>\n

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Fog drifts across the hillside. <\/p>\n

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Cows are your constant companions at Ed Levin. An angus bull the size of a small buffalo was hanging around nearby; I left him alone. <\/p>\n

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The view isn’t always this good up here. Sometimes it’s better. <\/p>\n

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A pic at the Mission Peak summit, just to prove I was there. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve got another snow-camping outing planned for the first weekend in March at Lassen Volcanic National Park. This one includes a seven-mile hike with full pack and snowshoes at above 8,000 feet, which means I need to beef up my…<\/p>\n

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