Henry Coe State Park bicycle camping trip (mountain bike), September 2006
A four-night bicycle camping trip in Henry Coe State Park, starting from home in downtown San Jose, California. Another place that I like to do bicycle camping is the Mojave National Preserve area in eastern California.
|
Date: September 04, 2006, 22h37
Owner: priss
Size: 153 items
|
|
Poverty Flat Road rolls up and down along Jackass Mountain
Poverty Flat Road rolls up and down, sometimes steeply, on the side of Jackass Mountain at around 1600 feet.
Date: September 14, 2006, 20h48
|
Junction of Poverty Flat Rd and Mahoney Meadows Road
At the junction of Mahoney Meadows Road, I turn right to descend the short and fast hill back down to Coyote Creek again.
Date: September 14, 2006, 20h48
|
Mahoney Meadows Road drops down to Coyote Creek
Mahoney Meadows Road drops down to Coyote Creek, not yet visible in the gulch ahead. Today's destination, Mississipi Lake, is up over the hills in the distance.
Date: September 14, 2006, 20h51
|
|
Los Cruzeros
Mahoney Meadows Road crosses dry Coyote Creek at a spot called Los Cruzeros. Three campsites, vacant right now, perhaps due to the lack of water here at this time of year, are off to my right.
Date: September 14, 2006, 21h09
|
Los Cruzeros squirrel
A photogenic squirrel perches on a rock, watching me as I walk around Los Cruzeros to check out the scenery. I'm surprised that he doesn't seem disturbed by my presence at all. Maybe the hot, dry weather is encouraging him to stay still...
Date: September 14, 2006, 21h09
|
Dry Coyote Creek at Los Cruzeros
Coyote Creek through Los Cruzeros is completely dry this Labour Day weekend. Old algal growths in the creek bed are dried up and bleached by the hot sun.
Date: September 14, 2006, 21h09
|
|
Willow Ridge Trail rises out of Los Cruzeros
I stare up at the narrow Willow Ridge Trail which climbs out of the valley here and is my route today over the mountains
Date: September 14, 2006, 21h09
|
Heading up out of Los Cruzeros along the Willow Ridge Trail.
Heading up the lower part of the Willow Ridge Trail, looking back down to Los Cruzeros
Date: September 14, 2006, 22h08
|
Poison oak woods on Willow Ridge Trail
Willow Ridge Trail passes through a woodsy area for half a mile or so, and there's no breeze in here, just heat. Beautiful scenery, but tough with a bike. A few downed trees provide obstacles to get the bike past, while encroaching poison oak all along
Date: September 14, 2006, 22h08
|
|
