Lost Coast backpack with the SF Hiking Club, Sept 4-6

View from the rather small Anderson Gulch campsite with many nettles:
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Little Jackass Beach. Too bad we didn't manage to camp here the first night:
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Little Jackass Creek with Water Cress (or something closely related) in bloom:
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The arch at the point:
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The moon setting over the ridge:
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Looking south from Jackass Beach:
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Pampas grass and the trail to the beach:
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Pelicans above the arch:
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Three views from an obscure vista point between Jackass beach and Wheeler beach:
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Views north towards Wheeler beach from a more dramatic vista point:
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Campsite at Wheeler beach:
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Wheeler beach:
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Looking south to Usal beach as we approach the end of the easier but less interesting trail back:
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Tubbs Island, San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Sept 12

A pond near the start:
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Some deer:
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A heron?
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Many ducks:
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Montara Mountain, Sept 18 with the SF Hiking Club

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Castle Rock, Sept 19 with Rainbow Rec

Some rain in the morning caused our leader to announce that the hike was cancelled, but 3 of us went anyway. It diminished to a light drizzle by the time the hike started, and kept improving.
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Clouds breaking up below and then above:
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Ricardo and Jeffrey on Goat Rock:
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Castle Rock:
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Lake Ranch Reservoir, Sept 19

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Pelican Lake, Point Reyes, Sept 24

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Nisene Marks with Santa Cruz Hikers, Sept 25

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