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Spring on a Midsummer Day at the San Gabriel Mountains

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It is like spring on a midsummer day  at the southern portion of the Mount San Antonio. The portion of the San Bernardino National Forest where the San Antonio Ski Hut  is built does not go with  the Old Baldy  nickname of Mount San Antonio. Mount Baldy or Mount San Antonio is the tallest of the several  mountains of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. At 10,064 ft. elevation, San Antonio hairs  had all been plucked out and could not grow it back. The other mountains in the San Gabriel Mountains are Iron Mountain, Dawson Peak, Pine Mountain, Mount Harwood and  Wright Mountain, Mount Baden-Powel among others. The San Antonio Ski Hut was first built in 1935. It burned down in 1936 and was rebuilt the following year. The 79-year old wooden structure was conceptualized by Dr. Walter Mosauer, a professor of zoology at UCLA who was also a skiing enthusiast. The ski hut was built by the Ski Mountaineers Section a year after the group was f...

Red Rock Canyon of Orange County

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I am back in Orange County and prepared to come upon a concrete wall inscribed with Red Rock Canyon,   in the same way that I  came upon Turtle Rock. https://gopluckyourself.blogspot.com/2016/06/where-fuck-is-turtle-rock.html Red Rock Canyon  has been nicknamed as Orange County's Mini Grand Canyon by another blogger. Patty, the Cub Scout pack leader parent  more of associated the red tinged canyon with the more popular ones in Utah, such as the Bryce Canyon. To find Red Rock Canyon, know the exact address of the Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park. This would be 26701 Portola Parkway, Foothill Ranch, CA. I did not bring a Fastrak Transponder and I had to go online to pay a toll fee for going through Highway 241 after exiting from I-5 into Oso Parkway. Highway 241 is also known as the Foothill Transportation Corridor and a toll road that would not take cash nor a credit card. The network of trails and canyons is officially referred to as the Limeston...