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Well done!!!

Hmmmm, CM²...

I'm not a big fan of water tubs BUT establishing a water source away from the house has definitely helped keep the critters away from the bird baths, etc.

HikeUp wrote: ↑Based on your avatar, how about Coonmagic? The other CM?

Ooooh yes... now you're talkin'!

Uncle Rico wrote: ↑Nice. We're gonna have to start calling you Cougar Magic Too.

Haaaa! Compared to CM, I am a rank amateur. I bow in her presence.

Thanks for the TR! Those kinds of hikes go into my "Unfinished Business" file. Another day ... you'll make it right!

Interspecies reaction to being photobombed: https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/1864268/03212015 (230).JPG Look behind the bear. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/1864269/03212015 (231).JPG https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff....

It took a while. A mountain lion finally visited my camera! https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/1864242/03212015 (26).JPG https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/1864244/03212015 (27).JPG Got a drink... https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/galler...

Nice!

https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/t1861458/snake awareness flyer.pdf.png Click to download file I have attempted to attach a pdf announcing a talk on rattlesnakes this Saturday, March 14 8:30 a.m. This talk is for all trail users and animal owners in the area. My porti...

And a fine chuck it is...

Wherever you see that fountain grass you should kill it if you have the time and inclination. That's awfully invasive. Wherever you see it will turn into nothing but fountain grass in a few years. There's an area in the Monrovia area where that stuff has overran a couple of acres that used to be ca...

Shweet!

Sad to see...
Band-tailed Pigeon Deaths

Nice Uncle Rico! One more trip for my to-do list!

Wow what a great trip report, it made me feel like I was there. Thanks for posting. Hmmm... was that trip too difficult for you, Chicken Legs? :) Do you recall wearing a red shirt? Here's the best photo I could find of you: https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/1846370/chi...

Yikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I haven't posted a trip in a while... Gotta' get back in the groove of posting! Anyhow, three of us headed out to the Grand Canyon last weekend and took on the Hermit Trail to the Tonto West Trail to Bright Angel Trail. GC hiking is an entirely different breed of backpacking when compared to mountai...

Thanks for the pictures!!!!!!

Congratulations!!!! Nice piece on you guys and gal!

Thanks, Mitch! Yup, that's me following my friend Chad up the ridge. I highly recommend that if any of you haven't tried or need to practice self-arrest, this is the place to do it. Great times! Thanks, Taco! https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/farm6.staticflickr.com/5081/5347453115_f08162cc82_z....

Bummer, last time was fun! Gotta' work that weekend...

Chicken Legs wrote: ↑When the gate opens back up, lets take a run at it...

You got it!

HJ, I haven't seen that brand of hiking wear at REI.

Ummm, were you wearing matching outfits???

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Beautiful ring-necked picture, Richard! They are relatively common but also relatively secretive.

Wonderful photos! Thanks for posting!

The original stone fruit...

Or just click Attach File beneath the text box and browse to your pic. Fairly easy and straightforward...

The map of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, from our friends at the USFS: San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

More info or lack thereof is in today's San Gabriel Valley Tribune and sister papers: Why was the Arroyo Seco Left Out?