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Looking at Morro Bay from Cerro Alto

Joe in the Ventana Wilderness

Joe in the Ventana Wilderness
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Saturday, November 24, 2018

Cerro Alto Rainy Day hike

The day after Thanksgiving while hiking Xarelto met this lovely large family climbing up a steep grade in a light rainfall nice people I believe the family's name is Skelton the little boy was fascinated with the salamanders





Sunday, November 11, 2018

Cerro Alto smokey evening hike

This evening Sierra and I hiked late in order to see a smokey sunset on Cerro Auto we got caught in the dark but that's okay because I had Sierra 2 take care of me




Saturday, November 3, 2018

Cerro Alto film crew

11-3-18 

I met this fun film crew from Hancock college of Santa Maria . They camped out and filmed for two days . 
Always good to see youth enjoying the wilderness ! 


Saturday, June 16, 2018

Goat is a hiking partner


Yesterday I met this unique hiking couple , Grace and her goat  
They both hiked to the summit , three miles and 1700 feet of elevation gain  , very impressive , for sure . I wish I had seen them at the top . 
This student definitely thinks outside the box , leadership quality for sure !
Thanks   for the photo .

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Compassionate hikers

I met these two young ladies Katie and Mills on Cerro Alto today 
They were very compassionate and concerned about
the welfare of a baby mouse and were taking it to a shelter .


Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Cerro Alto art


An oil painting i made last week inspired by a spring view from the Bridge trail on Cerro Alto .




Cerro Alto Spring flowers

Spring is happening on Cerro Alto

















Trail Work on Cerro alto


trail work on Cerro Alto

Jim , Bob and I did some trail work on the canyon trail . We removed the tree fall that was blocking the trail .




Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Cerro Alto , wild Life

Yesterday 

Yesterday  , I found this track on the board trail on Cerro Alto , Unusual in this area , as pigs avoid these busy hiking trails , they are most likely to feed on the west ridge . Be
 careful when hiking after dark . They do attack without  warning .

Interesting people on Cerro Alto

Yesterday I met this fast hiking young lady , Katie on Cerro Alto 

She was carrying 50 lbs and doing a 20 minute mile pace 
while climbing the steepest part of the mountain trail .
This girl is a firefighter from Wyoming .



Thursday, March 22, 2018

heavy rain on Cerro Alto

3-22-18

Rainy day hike on Cerro Alto , 

lots of water , I hiked wit Erik  a friend and his dogs ,
 arrow and tucker , and of course my dog Sierra 
my rain gauge at home indicated more than 8 inches in 29 hours .






Sunday, March 11, 2018

Cerro Alto on a rainy day 3-11-18


rainy day hike on Cerro Alto , only met a couple with their children hiking 

I saw lots of salamanders and mountain quail  , a set of big buck tracks .
I had a great time !