Day 4 Hosokute – Ena

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• Feb. 27 - Visit Waddell Beach and Big Basin SP (28)
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• March 13 - Hiking Monument, Allison and Mission Peaks (20)
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• March 28 - Maquire Peak - Sunol Regional Wilderness (28)
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• Aug. 22 - Tanbark trail of Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP (17)
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• My Fall Vacation to Bear Valley, Lake Alpine, Mono Lake, Devils PostPile, Mammoth Lakes, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (1)
• Day One - Drive to Bear Valley (22)
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• Day Four - Mountain biking at Mammoth and a visit to Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (46)
• Day Five - Back home thru Yosemite NP (44)
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• Hike up MaGuire Peak at Sunol Regional Park (14)
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• Mountain biking thru Pt. Mugu State Park (12)
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• picchette_ranch_osp (24)
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