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- california | Hiking | nature | Travel | yosemite
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- california | Hiking | mounttamalpais | nature | Travel
Mount Tamalpais: In and Out of the Woods
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Yosemite National Park: Gaylor Lakes
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Los Padres National Forest: Vicente Flat Trail
ByCatVicente Flat Trail, along the coast of Highway One and within the Los Padres National Forest, is a wonderful trail to get a view of the mountainside and the Pacific Ocean. The trailhead was harder to find than I expected. After driving up and down the coast for about 20 minutes, my friend and I…

