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Saddleback Butte: Lonely Sunrises

Scrambling up a steep side of the Butte, I fumble for footing on the scree that made up the trail near the top of Saddleback Butte. The trail was simple enough until the summit came. The dark made it harder, but the sliver of light had appeared on the horizon, and I felt an urgent needContinue reading “Saddleback Butte: Lonely Sunrises”

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Poppy Fields: The Rambling Trail

“When you start walking toward something, remember that you eventually have to go back the way you came.” ~Me Past my front yard, out to the north-northwesterly direction, the hills are turning a rusty orange color. The entire desert has actually turned green, but that orange, only meant one thing: California’s state flower, the poppy, had got itsContinue reading “Poppy Fields: The Rambling Trail”