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Carr’s Island

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Altama Plantation WMA. Near Brunswick, GA. 

Reno Nevada Trip Summary

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Beautiful Fall visit to Reno, NV to see our daughter.  It gave us the opportunity to explore many day hikes around the area in the mild, mostly sunny weather.  56 miles hiked and 528 miles driven over nine days in the Northern Nevada and Lake Tahoe region. Panorama with Carson Valley on the left and Lake Tahoe on the right.  From Spooner Summit and the Tahoe Rim Trail northbound.

Crystal Ridge

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Site of the 1994 Crystal Fire, near Verdi, NV.  Mt Rose Wilderness in the distance. The trees on the ridge are coming back nicely! Peavine Peak in the distance, with deer in the foreground!

West Keystone

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Beautiful, cold morning. Reno, NV.  Verdi ridge in the distance.

Ophir Creek Trail

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Near Washoe City, NV.  At the base of Slide Mountain.

East Keystone

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Trailhead near near Reno, NV.

Tyrolian Trail

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Near Tahoe Meadows, NV.  Views of Diamond Peak and Lake Tahoe.

California Trail

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Humboldt-Toiyabe NF, near Verdi, NV. 

Ophir Creek

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Trail from Washoe Valley to Tahoe Meadows. Humboldt-Toiyabe NF. Near Washoe City, NV. 

East Keystone

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Peavine foothills. Near Reno, NV. 

Boca Ridge

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Tahoe NF, near Truckee, CA.   Above Boca reservoir. 

Canyon Springs

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Potential open space preserve near Truckee, CA. Mild weather!

Geiger Summit

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Beautiful arid pinyon pine terrain, with view of Mt Rose and Slide Mtn to the west. Near Virginia City, NV. 

West Keystone

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Humboldt-Toiyabe NF? View of Reno, NV.

Spooner Summit

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Tahoe Rim Trail northbound to Lake Tahoe views. Snow clouds building to the west!

Rancho San Rafael

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Regional park in Reno, NV.  Evening view of the Sierras. 

Wolf Run

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Mountain golf, near Reno, NV. 

Lake Park

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Beautiful Fall evening in Reno, NV. 

Parsons Mountain Lookout

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View to the north. Sumter National Forest, near Abbeville, SC. 

Sunset on the Foothills

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From Glassy Mountain, near Pickens, SC. 

Devil’s Courthouse

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Off Blue Ridge Parkway, near Brevard, NC. 

Sam Knob

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Pisgah National Forest, off Blue Ridge Parkway. Near Brevard, NC. 

Fryingpan Lookout

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Fryingpan Mtn trail. Off Blue Ridge Parkway near Brevard, NC.

Pisgah Summit

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Mt Pisgah trail from Blue Ridge Parkway. Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, NC.  And a view of Pisgah from the trailhead.

Swamp Rabbit Trail

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Ride in Greenville, SC.  Reedy River Falls. 

Caesar’s Head Overlook

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Near NC/SC state line, above Cleveland, SC. 

Big Rock Trail

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DuPont State Forest, near Cedar Mountain, NC. 

Big Glassy Mountain

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Carl Sandburg National Historic Site, Flat Rock, NC. 

Broad River

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Kayak trip down the Broad after a nice rain. Running strong, near Rutherfordton, NC. 

Thermal Belt Trail

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Evening ride on the trail in Rutherfordton, NC.