| "If your dog is fat," the old saying
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| | rangers still work from Marble Valley
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| goes, "you aren't getting enough
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| | today - still with little concession to
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| exercise." But walking the dog need not
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| | modern comforts. The guard station is
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| be just about a little exercise. Here are
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| | reached by a difficult climb at the
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| 15 cool things you can see around
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| | juncion of trails PC 2000 and 11W014,
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| northern California and southern Oregon
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| | about 2.5 miles southwest of Lover's Camp
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| while you hike with your dog.ENGINEERING
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| | Trailhead.LOGGING HERITAGE.
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| MARVELS.
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| | You can't come away from a canine hike
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| Between the town of Dairy and Sprague
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| | at Collier Memorial State park without a
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| River, On the OC & E Trailyou will pass
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| | greater appreciation for the logging
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| an odd-looking section over a hill. This
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| | industry. The paths through the outdoor
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| is a
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| | museum wind from the days of oxen and
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| railroad double switchback, which
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| | hand axes through the age of steam and up
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| enabled trains to be split for navigating
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| | to today's diesel
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| the hill. The original plans called for a
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| | machines. You'll find railroad heritage
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| tunnel through Bly Mountain, but as funds
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| | here as well. Look for an old Baldwin
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| were low it was decided the cheaper
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| | steam locomotive known, more or less
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| double switchback-solution was good
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| | affectionately, as GOP - "Get Out And
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| enough. Prior to the 1990 closing of the
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| | Push." The engine strained so much
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| railroad, this unique engineering
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| | hauling redwood logs in and out of the
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| landmark was last of its kind in the
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| | mountains that it was constantly
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| United States.FASCINATING BIRDS.
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| | derailing.MYTHICAL CREATURES.
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| Shasta Lake is a popular nesting spot
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| | On the hike to the summit of Collings
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| for bald eagles, offering an opportunity
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| | Mountain you will find the world's only
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| to see them hunting and nesting in the
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| | known Bigfoot trap. Constructed of wood
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| wild. At McCloud Falls,be on the lookout
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| | with a heavy metal door reinforced by
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| for the little American Dipper birds that
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| | metal bolts by the North American
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| patrol the tumbling waters. These tiny
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| | Wildlife team in 1974, the idea was the
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| birds, also known as water ouzels, zoom
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| | lure an unsuspecting Sasquatch into the
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| around over the surface and plunge in and
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| | 10-foot by 10-foot pit from which it
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| out of the cascading water in search of
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| | could not escape. As you hike along the
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| food. They use their wings to "fly"
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| | trails of Mount Shasta keep an eye out
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| underwater and can even be seen walking
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| | for tall, graceful folks with long
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| on the stream bottom pecking for larval
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| | flowing hair dressed in white robes - and
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| insects, fish eggs and even slow fish
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| | a walnut-sized organ protruding from the
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| just as if they were walking on the
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| | center of their foreheads. These would be
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| trail.FRESH TASTING WATER.
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| | Lemurians, most probably from the massive
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| Tub Springs was a popular stopping point
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| | lost continent of Mu that once lay under
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| for travelers on the Applegate Trail to
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| | the Pacific Ocean and helped explain how
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| refresh with a cool drink of fresh
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| | lemurs ended up on the island of
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| mountain water from tub springs. You can
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| | Madagascar. One of the more well
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| still do so today. A stone water fountain
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| | travelled folktales associated with Mount
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| at Hedge Creek Falls dispenses "the best
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| | Shasta, some believed the Lemurians came
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| water on earth," according to townsfolk
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| | to live in a city called Telos inside of
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| in Dunsmuir. You can have a taste and
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| | the volcano.OLD ORCHARDS.
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| judge for yourself at the gazebo on the
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| | Joseph H. Stewart State Park
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| top of the trail.GOLD.
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| | is built on an old homestead from the
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| People have come to the Shasta/Rogue
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| | 1940s. Fruit grew here in grand orchards,
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| River Valley for 150 years to search for
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| | in the beginnings of Oregon's commercial
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| gold and it is probably not all gone. You
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| | pear industry. You can still see some old
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| can rent a pan for $1 and chase gold in
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| | pear trees and apple trees and walnut
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| the creeks in Whiskeytown Recreation
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| | trees scattered around the park. You will
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| Area. Prior to 1900, the City of Redding
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| | find historic fruit trees along the trail
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| operated a gold mine in Blue Gravel
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| | at Wolf Creek Inn State Heritage Site as
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| Canyon, the only town in California to do
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| | well.UNUSUAL BRIDGES.
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| so. The mine is long gone of course, but
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| | The Sacramento River Trail is and ideal
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| the trail remains and has relics from the
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| | hike for studying bridge architecture.
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| gold era along the path. Did they get all
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| | Classical arch bridges transport
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| the gold here?GREAT DAMS.
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| | vehicular traffic across the Sacramento
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| Shasta Dam opened in 1945 and flooded 35
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| | and theDiestlehorst Bridge is a
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| miles of the Sacramento River valley. One
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| | prototypical 19th century pier and girder
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| of the biggest dams ever conceived when
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| | iron bridge. The Ribbon Bridge is the
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| construction began in 1938, the building
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| | first of its kind in the nation - a
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| of Shasta Dam established several "world
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| | 13-foot wide, 420-foot long concrete
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| records." Among them was the Southern
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| | stess-ribbon structure. The Sundial
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| Pacific Railroad's double decker bridge
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| | Bridge at Turtle Bay is the first
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| that was the highest ever built and the
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| | American project for the celebrated
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| construction of the world's longest
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| | Spanish bridge architect, Santiago
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| conveyor belt system - 10.5 miles - to
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| | Calatrava. The focal point of his design
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| bring sand and aggregate to the building
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| | is a 218-foot curved tower on the north
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| site from Redding. The water spilling
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| | bank of the river that doubles as support
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| over Shasta Dam created the largest
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| | for the bridge's suspension cables and as
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| artificial waterfall ever seen - three
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| | the world's largest sundial. The bridge
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| times as high as the drop at Niagara
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| | sports a glass decking that enhances the
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| Falls. The Trinity Dam, rising 466 feet
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| | natural light and enables unobstructed
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| from bedrock, is one of the highest
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| | views of the mountains at the horizon and
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| earth-filled dams in the world.HISTORIC
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| | the salmon at play below.VOLCANIC
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| BUILDINGS.
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| | SOUVENIRS.
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| Fire has claimed many an old building in
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| | This landscape was formed in many places
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| the West but there are still some
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| | by volcanic eruptions. The trail around
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| significant wooden buildings left
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| | Brown Mountain provides dramatic glimpses
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| standing in the wilderness. In Trinity
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| | of lava flow. At Black Butte, a small
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| Recreation Area stands the Bowerman Barn,
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| | group of inactive "plug dome" volcano
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| painstakingly constructed with hardwood
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| | craters dot the landscape. Plug domes
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| pegs and one of the most representative
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| | have a type of lava flow that too thick
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| 19th-century hand-crafted structures in
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| | and stiff to flow normally, but instead
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| California. Also in the park is the
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| | is squeezed out the top like crusty
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| orignal log house from the Stoddard
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| | icing. All that remains of the mighty
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| homestead, just off the Stoddard Trail.
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| | 12,000-foot volcano that once dominated
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| In Ah-Di-Na Campground in Siskiyou
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| | the southern Cascades are eight
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| County, canine hikers can study an
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| | protruding peaks in the Mountain Lakes
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| historic cabin that was restored by
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| | Wilderness. And there is the odd Oregon
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| volunteers in 1990 using only traditional
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| | Desert, a pumice-covered landscape in the
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| tools such as long axes and
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| | Sky Lakes Wilderness. Ash from Mount
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| chisels.INTERESTING TREES.
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| | McLouhlin's last eruption sits fifty feet
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| In TouVelle State Recreation Site is one
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| | deepa across the area.WATERFALLS.
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| of the largest granary trees in southern
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| | This trail at McCloud Falls reveals
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| Oregon. A granary tree is a special tree
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| | three waterfalls in little more than a
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| targeted by acorn woodpeckers to store
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| | mile: the Lower Falls (a powerful,
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| food. This ponderosa pine is estimated to
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| | ten-foot drop into a wide pool), the
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| have as many as 50,000 holes! On the Blue
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| | Middle Falls (a classically wide, 50-foot
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| Canyon Trail you can see a tree where
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| | waterfall), and the Upper Falls (a water
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| Judge John Waldo from Salem, Oregon and
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| | spout squeezing through granite cliffs).
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| his party traced the route that is now
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| | Two hikes in the town of Dunsmuir also
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| the Pacific Crest Trail, becoming the
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| | find different types of falls: Hedge
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| first to cross the crest of the southern
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| | Creek Falls cutting through basalt rock
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| Cascades in 1888.LOFTY LOOKOUTS.
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| | and Mossbrae Falls dripping through moss
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| Mountain trails often climax at Forest
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| | and ferns.WRITER INSPIRATIONS.
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| Service lookouts with dramatic views. At
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| | The best-selling Western writer of all
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| Medicine Lake, Hoffman Lookout was built
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| | time, Zane Grey, used the Rogue River as
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| for fire surveillance in 1924 and started
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| | the centerpiece of many of his stories.
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| out as a tiny 8 sq.ft. cabin. The cabin
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| | His cabin can still be seen on the Rogue.
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| is available for rent ((530) 964-2184)
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| | Jack London wrote Valley of the Moon
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| and is quite popular. Herd Peak Lookout
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| | while a guest at Wolf Creek Inn.I am the
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| sits eastward of the main Cascade fault
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| | author of over 20 books, including 8 on
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| line, overlooking a magnificent valley of
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| | hiking with your dog, including the
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| hills created from pyroclastic lava flows
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| | widely praised The Canine Hiker's Bible.
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| off Mount Shasta. During fire season, the
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| | As publisher of Cruden Bay Books, we
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| lookout is manned from 9:30AM to 9PM, and
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| | produce the innovative A Bark In The
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| the person in charge will be sitting in
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| | Park series of canine hiking books found
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| the tower watching over the valley, ready
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| | at
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| to report any sign of a fire to
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| | During the warm months I lead canine
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| firefighters by radio. The rustic Marble
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| | hikes as
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| Valley Guard Station, completed in 1928 ,
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| | tour leader for tours, leading packs of
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| is an early example of simple stations
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| | dogs and humans on
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| built by the Forest Service as fire
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| | day and overnight trips.
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| lookouts. Trail crews and wilderness
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