Ateo
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Ocotillo, El Centro, and Anza Borrego
Gonna be short here as it's time for dinner.
Headed to El Centro for black belt testing. She passed.
Then to Salvation Mtn, Salton Sea, Ocotillo Wells for some 4X4 and then thru Borrego on our way home.
Headed back to the same area the following weekend.
Saw 2 major helicopter operations about to happen in the last 15 minutes of being in Ocotillo. One was someone we saw driving dangerously fast on
blind curves in the dust and 2 minutes later he crashed into a young kid on a dirt bike.
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Bajaboy
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Nice, we had a blast out that way a few weeks back. I'm doing a few ultra races soon as well. Love it there.
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Thanks for the reminder.
AB is such a great place- largest state park in the US.
Lots of great places to visit to hike, mt. bike, ORV, camp... lovely!
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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Maron
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WOW, great pics. Congrats to the new black belt.
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Facts
The Largest state park in the lower 48 is Adirondack..... and in California the largest nat. forest is the La ventanna north section..which I trek in
and also the largest and oldest ca, state park is "Big Basin" with its HUGE redwoods and waterfalls,,creeks,ponds is a place to go !! and btw the
first satepark in ca....somewhere in there is ohh,,lets see..Point reyes nat seashore,,,,Yosemite,,,tomales bay,,the list is all centrail and
no.ca...........
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BajaBlanca
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she got a black belt ! How cool is THAT!
wonderful non Baja trek you all had .... great story and awesome pics.
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Barry A.
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Quote: Originally posted by captkw  | | The Largest state park in the lower 48 is Adirondack..... and in California the largest nat. forest is the La ventanna north section..which I trek in
and also the largest and oldest ca, state park is "Big Basin" with its HUGE redwoods and waterfalls,,creeks,ponds is a place to go !! and btw the
first satepark in ca....somewhere in there is ohh,,lets see..Point reyes nat seashore,,,,Yosemite,,,tomales bay,,the list is all centrail and
no.ca........... |
Hmmmmmm, well it WAS the "largest State Park" at one time, apparently. I thought it still was?!?!?!?!?!?
http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/73fall/anza.htm
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Excellent trip and report, thanks.
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Ateo
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Largest State Park in California.
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Okinawa, belt mean no rope to hold up pants! (mr miyagi) 
congrats on the black belt and great trip report!
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Bob53
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Great photos. I recognize every place. Love it out there.
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Love the photos. AB is always a good time. See any wildflowers?
Wrong. Adirondack is NOT a state park. 
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http://www.desertusa.com/wildflo/ca_abdsp.html
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Bajaboy
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Flowers are starting....
The 2015 Spring annual wildflowers show is underway with displays along the Coyote Canyon jeep trail from the north end of DiGiorgio Road to Desert
Gardens (beyond which the driving becomes more of a problem).
Right now, the star of the show is Peirson's Brown-eyed Primrose (Camissonia claviformis ssp. peirsonii), a white flower sometimes with a little pink
in the Borrego Valley, yellow in the southern desert. It's safe to say that thousands of these plants can be seen over a 4-mile stretch.
In Desert Gardens, the Brown-eyed Primrose plants are joined by a cousin, California Evening Primrose (Camissonia californica) in numbers too large to
count. Also noted in Desert Gardens were Forget-Me-Nots (Cryptantha angustifolia), Desert Dandelion (Malacothrix glabrata), and Desert Chicory
(Rafinesquia neomexicana).
www.abdnha.org for more photos and updates.
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Tbone
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Where did you eat at? Looks good.
Mas Pacifico
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