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A Spring Break Hike - Blog Post #8
Over the past few years when we've gone on vacation we've often chosen locations good for hiking. Spring break was last month, and, true to form, we visited the southern California desert, specifically the area around Joshua Tree National Park. One day we decided to hike up one of the medium-size mountains in the area, Mt. Ryan. The summit overlooks Palm Springs, but the hike to the summit goes through a fairly remote part of the national park that doesn't see a lot of foot traffic. It seems like cell phone service is everywhere these days, but there wouldn't be any here. We're always on the lookout for wildlife when we hike, and in this part of the world there are scorpions, rattlesnakes, birds, deer, mountain lions, several kinds of rabbits, and even big horn sheep to name just a few. In fact, the day before we were driving through a residential neighborhood just outside the park and saw a couple coyotes cruising along the streets. They weren't up to ...
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