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Hike #14: Skyline Wilderness Park, Napa (11-April-2005)
THIS
trip was a hike/bike for our group. Two hikers hiked the Skyline (BAR) Trail,
and returned via the Rim Rock Trail, climbing to the top of Sugarloaf Mountain
for the views and flowers. Four intrepid bikers slipped, slithered, pushed, occasionally
flew through the air, but otherwise rode the Skyline, Bay Tree and Marie Lake
Road trails. The wildflowers were the most incredible yet, and clouds of butterflies
(Painted Ladies) flitted on the cool breezes, giving an ethereal, almost fantasy,
aura to the trip.
NOTE: This page is very much “in progress, awaiting better pictures from
Kit and Robin, so the larger versions of these photos aren’t in yet...
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 Hikers
starting out |
 Oaks and goldfields |
 Painted
Lady |
 Bikers
starting out |
 Kit
on a bench |
 View
east from Sugarloaf |
 Field
of Lupine |
 Biker
Robin washing up |
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Up
to the Overlook
Looking
east from Skyline Trail
Lupines
and poppies
California
poppies
Yellow
Wood Violet