Hiking and Geocaching on the Saddle Peak Backbone and Stunt High Trails on June 19, 2011

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Our route, in light blue, as seen in Google Earth, from the north-west. Other trails are different colors. We started at the lower-right (Piuma Rd) and ended at the middle-left on Stunt Rd.
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The Piuma Rd trailhead for the Saddle Peak Trail, part of the Backbone Trail.
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In Dark Canyon, a short distance from the main trail
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Searching for a geocache in Dark Canyon
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A switchback on the trail, one of a seemingly untold number of them!
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This ancient poison oak bush had stems more than an inch in diameter!
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Logging a geocache find
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There were wildflowers everywhere, in all colors.
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The trail is a bit rutted here, but mostly it wasn't so rocky.
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Caught in the process of logging a geocache
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Geocachers busy at work!
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Piuma Rd down below us
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Fortunately there was very little of this stuff right next to the trail

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