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Bicycle Tour to Lake San Antonio and the Pinnacles
A beautiful day in the making Looking north from Hurricane Pt. Lupinus arboreus blooming along the roadside Riding past one of the slumps touched off by the winter rains Turning onto the...
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March at the Pinnacles
With temperatures more than 30 degrees higher than just one week ago, we head for the Pinnacles Most wildflowers have yet to reach their peak, but the shooting stars (Dodecatheon clevelandii) are...
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Metz Fire Gets Monterey County’s Fire Season Underway
MODIS heat sensing satellite image showing approximate location of Metz Fire along Highway 146 (the access road to the West Pinnacles). While grass in the Santa Lucias is only just turning brown, the...
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Monterey Bay Backroads Bicycling
Somewhere near Aromas An unusually dry February means an unusually nice February for grabbing a bike and hitting the backroads of Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties. A stop at the Casserly...
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Cycling the Peachtree-Cholame Country
The long road across the Salinas Valley. The high ridges of the Southern Diablo Range beckon us on. Entering the hills. This range of hills lies to the south of the Gabilans (which reach their southern...
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Pinnacles Picnic
A sunny Sunday that’s not too hot. Perfect day to grab some food and drink, a pair of binoculars and a climbing rope, then head to Pinnacles National Monument. Among the crags On the steps Searching...
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Wildflower of the Week: Indian Warrior
Indian Warrior (Pedicularis densiflora) We’ve been seeing some good displays of Indian Warrior lately, so we’ve decided to make them our Wildflower of the Week. A former member of the Figwort Family...
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Lightning Detected in Ventana Wilderness
LightningMaps.org map showing approximate location of lightning strike near the headwaters of the North Fork Big Sur River. A thunderstorm is now moving over the Ventana Wilderness and, in addition to...
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A line of thunderstorms produced hundreds of lightning strikes over the Ventana Wilderness this morning. While the lightning was accompanied, at least in places, by torrential rain, it is unclear...
View ArticleBeyond the Valley of the Super Bloom
Where once there were full moons, high tides and wildflower seasons, there are now “Super Moons,” “King Tides,” and “Super Blooms.” If you miss this month’s once in a century Super Blue Blood Double...
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