El Corte De Madera Creek Hike San Mateo County, California Sunday, September 7, 2008
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Preface: On Sunday, September 7, 2008, my friend drove to Skyline Boulevard
by Bear Gulch Road where we went on a hike at El Corte De Madera Creek Open Space Preserve.
More than 30 miles are available for exploration at this 2817-acre Preserve. Hikers, bikers,
and horseback riders will enjoy the creekside trails and ocean and forest views.
There is an Old Growth Redwood in the Timberview Trail that's so tall that its
top can't be seen unless one is outside the vicinity. Photos were taken with a Canon
PowerShot A590IS digital camera. The haikus were written on the trail or soon afterwards.
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Sunday, September 7, 2008, 1:20 pm El Corte De Madera Creek Preserve Four wooden birds around mailbox #27 near gate entrance CM04 to Trail Mailbox #27 with six wooden birds welcomes me here hiking. | ||
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Sunday, September 7, 2008, 1:30 pm El Corte De Madera Creek Preserve Information Board with maps & brochures The map brochure will guide me on this hike as well as to squat the bugs. | ||
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Sunday, September 7, 2008, 1:45 pm El Corte De Madera Creek Preserve Close-up of Blue Thistle A nice dash of blue thistle among these wild weeds on this dry dirt road. | ||
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Sunday, September 7, 2008, 2:10 pm El Corte De Madera Creek Preserve Signpost to Steam Donkey Trail Steam locomotives can't navigate these woods so they used donkeys. | ||
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Sunday, September 7, 2008, 2:20 pm El Corte De Madera Creek Preserve Carved steps from a fallen redwood Giant redwood fell right across the path of this trail so they carved steps in it. | ||
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Sunday, September 7, 2008, 2:40 pm El Corte De Madera Creek Preserve Roots from a Douglas Fir Look at the roots of a fallen Douglas Fir that made them grow so tall. | ||
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Sunday, September 7, 2008, 3:15 pm El Corte De Madera Creek Preserve Signpost and hill up Crossover Trail A hilly climb up the Crossover Trail to the inner dark forest. | ||
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Sunday, September 7, 2008, 4:40 pm El Corte De Madera Creek Preserve Timberview Trail, Old Growth Redwood (50 feet circumference at the base) Fifty feet around is this Old Growth Redwood largest in my hikes. | ||
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Sunday, September 7, 2008, 4:48 pm El Corte De Madera Creek Preserve Old Growth Redwood opening at base resembles the Platonic Lambda Platonic Lambda Soul of the Universe is singing at its roots! | ||
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 5:05 pm El Corte De Madera Creek Preserve Scars of Old Growth Redwood They tried to log me here are my wounds of their attempts to chop me down. | ||
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 5:15 pm El Corte De Madera Creek Preserve Top of Old Growth Redwood Finally the top of Old Growth Redwood seen from afar on Timberview Trail. | ||
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