http://elf1.smugmug.com/gallery/1722176_Bbx4n/ Hiking on a gorgeous morning in the <a href="http://openspace.org/preserves/pr_long_ridge.asp">Long Ridge Open Space Preserve</a>, part of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, off Skyline above Saratoga or Palo Alto, CA. http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Hiking Wed, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 -0800 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:16:18 -0700 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290014lindaCbenchview/84979959_7TXX8-Ti.jpg http://elf1.smugmug.com/gallery/1722176_Bbx4n/ http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84979959_7TXX8 <p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com">elf1</a><br />View from the Wallace Stegner bench. Looking out over the Santa Cruz Mountains towards the Pacific.</p><p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84979959_7TXX8" title="View from the Wallace Stegner bench. Looking out over the Santa Cruz Mountains towards the Pacific."><img src="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290014lindaCbenchview/84979959_7TXX8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="View from the Wallace Stegner bench. Looking out over the Santa Cruz Mountains towards the Pacific." title="View from the Wallace Stegner bench. Looking out over the Santa Cruz Mountains towards the Pacific." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Hiking Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:12:59 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (elf1) http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290014lindaCbenchview/84979959_7TXX8-Th.jpg 2006-07-29 09:24:07 8c161ed26036bb2fb339a186d014707b ccdaf0aae456a82bc66cf25d2499aa17 0d280607ee7c9548ade65b97c12722cb 9791f36bb6ae2f1a6793db037569937a 4a164cbaf5119b48470c1c6c6dfae81f 1d358b40c5633067ff937b293fae9ab6 c53a41acdb512638f29c54fc5714f0ef cc574405399fc887b5716d9d1bbfc5ed ba44926c30fc89f0d06b6c5971475c43 View from the Wallace Stegner bench. Looking out over the Santa Cruz Mountains towards the Pacific. <p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com">elf1</a><br />View from the Wallace Stegner bench. Looking out over the Santa Cruz Mountains towards the Pacific.</p><p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84979959_7TXX8" title="View from the Wallace Stegner bench. Looking out over the Santa Cruz Mountains towards the Pacific."><img src="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290014lindaCbenchview/84979959_7TXX8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="View from the Wallace Stegner bench. Looking out over the Santa Cruz Mountains towards the Pacific." title="View from the Wallace Stegner bench. Looking out over the Santa Cruz Mountains towards the Pacific." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Hiking stone bench, bench, scenery, mountains, grass, hills, wallace stegner, sitting, looking, long ridge elf1 elf1 http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84980636_fFDtu <p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com">elf1</a><br />Wallace Stegner quote</p><p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84980636_fFDtu" title="Wallace Stegner quote"><img src="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290011StegnerSignfx/84980636_fFDtu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Wallace Stegner quote" title="Wallace Stegner quote" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Hiking Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:16:18 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (elf1) http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290011StegnerSignfx/84980636_fFDtu-Th.jpg 2006-07-29 09:23:14 3efa75cdcd01fa58c0504706069c2967 822f4168fe549921daa317e9ed45f99f a6e5c6916c5cce227cc68079a40cf2da a5dd0f6715f13d36bd024e19475215e5 af468b8f55b4be7b60b8875af0100137 8e2edc0c4773f426238715adb2b70bce abb7c47b45254ed715255a07c1ca88b0 Wallace Stegner quote <p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com">elf1</a><br />Wallace Stegner quote</p><p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84980636_fFDtu" title="Wallace Stegner quote"><img src="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290011StegnerSignfx/84980636_fFDtu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Wallace Stegner quote" title="Wallace Stegner quote" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Hiking bench, wallace stegner, plaque, long ridge elf1 elf1 http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84979755_we3U3 <p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com">elf1</a><br />Linda enjoying the view on the Wallace Stegner bench.</p><p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84979755_we3U3" title="Linda enjoying the view on the Wallace Stegner bench."><img src="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290012lindaCbench/84979755_we3U3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Linda enjoying the view on the Wallace Stegner bench." title="Linda enjoying the view on the Wallace Stegner bench." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Hiking Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:12:31 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (elf1) http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290012lindaCbench/84979755_we3U3-Th.jpg 2006-07-29 09:23:34 05a2ac54e5afcf144dfdd69ff4951ebd 0c5a30357b72f5de170bdddd910d4907 0578af0fc245aa6e03c5b58a6a0dcea9 b4bc4f33c37e9f6f6a70f94f01b5732b bacd26705ca9dcbcdba7a4af23957291 ad938cc05f1c4906d77adf8f86c3d32b Linda enjoying the view on the Wallace Stegner bench. <p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com">elf1</a><br />Linda enjoying the view on the Wallace Stegner bench.</p><p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84979755_we3U3" title="Linda enjoying the view on the Wallace Stegner bench."><img src="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290012lindaCbench/84979755_we3U3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Linda enjoying the view on the Wallace Stegner bench." title="Linda enjoying the view on the Wallace Stegner bench." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Hiking stone bench, bench, grass, wallace stegner, sitting, long ridge elf1 elf1 http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84980192_M8C2r <p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com">elf1</a><br />OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Linda enjoying the view on the Wallace Stegner bench.</p><p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84980192_M8C2r" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Linda enjoying the view on the Wallace Stegner bench."><img src="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290013lindaCbench/84980192_M8C2r-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Linda enjoying the view on the Wallace Stegner bench." title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Linda enjoying the view on the Wallace Stegner bench." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Hiking Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:14:19 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (elf1) http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290013lindaCbench/84980192_M8C2r-Th.jpg 2006-07-29 09:23:47 a383a6cb9a6abe3fdd34306f11939c9f 20d262bb8f134951e1c43b243e2a6387 3cca1d3f10083a3f88bd4f586125164e 6508bd4ca6bab7cc418db584e41c67a3 215c4d0b364e74ae53ed71367ee7037f d24dc8ebf056845010a49fe7be76d878 OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Linda enjoying the view on the Wallace Stegner bench. <p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com">elf1</a><br />OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Linda enjoying the view on the Wallace Stegner bench.</p><p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84980192_M8C2r" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Linda enjoying the view on the Wallace Stegner bench."><img src="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290013lindaCbench/84980192_M8C2r-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Linda enjoying the view on the Wallace Stegner bench." title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Linda enjoying the view on the Wallace Stegner bench." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Hiking stone bench, bench, grass, wallace stegner, sitting, long ridge elf1 elf1 http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84980124_NaZvt <p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com">elf1</a><br />2 miles from the trailhead--street signs!</p><p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84980124_NaZvt" title="2 miles from the trailhead--street signs!"><img src="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290015roadsigns/84980124_NaZvt-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="2 miles from the trailhead--street signs!" title="2 miles from the trailhead--street signs!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Hiking Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:13:53 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (elf1) http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290015roadsigns/84980124_NaZvt-Th.jpg 2006-07-29 09:51:57 8deaf41a8a5377e3dcc18349d7104523 c82c0c7de29ac8a038181afb30fa54e7 0547b2c6fece50874e6a58060a549efc 92e3130a4cba02dbc9c3b06fa2aa38c1 247ee6281eb064cc3a77c3a72ee3843d e5eb75c7447917bce00f7eb39c7174c8 2 miles from the trailhead--street signs! <p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com">elf1</a><br />2 miles from the trailhead--street signs!</p><p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84980124_NaZvt" title="2 miles from the trailhead--street signs!"><img src="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290015roadsigns/84980124_NaZvt-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="2 miles from the trailhead--street signs!" title="2 miles from the trailhead--street signs!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Hiking street sign, trail sign, long ridge elf1 elf1 http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84979651_q9qP4 <p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com">elf1</a><br />Me keeping the trail sign from exploding upward out of the earth.</p><p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84979651_q9qP4" title="Me keeping the trail sign from exploding upward out of the earth."><img src="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290016ellentrailsign/84979651_q9qP4-Th-1.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Me keeping the trail sign from exploding upward out of the earth." title="Me keeping the trail sign from exploding upward out of the earth." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Hiking Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:12:04 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (elf1) http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290016ellentrailsign/84979651_q9qP4-Th-1.jpg 2006-07-29 09:52:35 78f46075814547a9b5a815f7a17efad8 08c1094726af35f23ee0c66e617327ed 5ce7bb4678baace68bb87bece4781f4a 2441f6313712df773f915e6ac22c4df9 683e4f453479911300f54068ad55379d b69380bbbd5a72ae45b5fa125847a8a0 Me keeping the trail sign from exploding upward out of the earth. <p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com">elf1</a><br />Me keeping the trail sign from exploding upward out of the earth.</p><p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84979651_q9qP4" title="Me keeping the trail sign from exploding upward out of the earth."><img src="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290016ellentrailsign/84979651_q9qP4-Th-1.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Me keeping the trail sign from exploding upward out of the earth." title="Me keeping the trail sign from exploding upward out of the earth." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Hiking long ridge elf1 elf1 http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84979541_UWaRE <p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com">elf1</a><br />A little teeny pond out in the middle of nowhere. It had its own rowboat. -- color variant 1</p><p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84979541_UWaRE" title="A little teeny pond out in the middle of nowhere. It had its own rowboat. -- color variant 1"><img src="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290017pond/84979541_UWaRE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="A little teeny pond out in the middle of nowhere. It had its own rowboat. -- color variant 1" title="A little teeny pond out in the middle of nowhere. It had its own rowboat. -- color variant 1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Hiking Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:11:27 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (elf1) http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290017pond/84979541_UWaRE-Th.jpg 2006-07-29 10:08:38 42f9222516d5abb80433b5424526e81f 485c090c439258893dbcf687f7725be7 4234b656683fe51bb91f9d648401a9d0 240bf792a4566bdddf5c9cdf9c76ca16 622c16c21d709474a6d3270408d7851d 42795b6afab3488de83f7cd2f5a00f28 A little teeny pond out in the middle of nowhere. It had its own rowboat. -- color variant 1 <p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com">elf1</a><br />A little teeny pond out in the middle of nowhere. It had its own rowboat. -- color variant 1</p><p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84979541_UWaRE" title="A little teeny pond out in the middle of nowhere. It had its own rowboat. -- color variant 1"><img src="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290017pond/84979541_UWaRE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="A little teeny pond out in the middle of nowhere. It had its own rowboat. -- color variant 1" title="A little teeny pond out in the middle of nowhere. It had its own rowboat. -- color variant 1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Hiking pond, long ridge elf1 elf1 http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84980441_n8sV2 <p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com">elf1</a><br />A little teeny pond out in the middle of nowhere. It had its own rowboat. -- color variant 2</p><p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84980441_n8sV2" title="A little teeny pond out in the middle of nowhere. It had its own rowboat. -- color variant 2"><img src="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290017pondfx/84980441_n8sV2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="A little teeny pond out in the middle of nowhere. It had its own rowboat. -- color variant 2" title="A little teeny pond out in the middle of nowhere. It had its own rowboat. -- color variant 2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Hiking Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:15:22 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (elf1) http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290017pondfx/84980441_n8sV2-Th.jpg 2006-07-29 10:08:38 1261491a99e3a722122a11dfbb7e1850 4e0cae3ab664cbd4028af8a0e447b23e 897e0a46728929333c65b515c4cb6951 b52f402fd51fe4835bcba0c6e49321d7 2e375dd40d4df6a000d71b0bdcb9e9ac bd1e5c98f71f8a85e8cd4f25f6a8ea55 A little teeny pond out in the middle of nowhere. It had its own rowboat. -- color variant 2 <p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com">elf1</a><br />A little teeny pond out in the middle of nowhere. It had its own rowboat. -- color variant 2</p><p><a href="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/1722176_Bbx4n#84980441_n8sV2" title="A little teeny pond out in the middle of nowhere. It had its own rowboat. -- color variant 2"><img src="http://elf1.smugmug.com/Hiking/Long-Ridge-Open-Space-Hiking/P7290017pondfx/84980441_n8sV2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="A little teeny pond out in the middle of nowhere. It had its own rowboat. -- color variant 2" title="A little teeny pond out in the middle of nowhere. It had its own rowboat. -- color variant 2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Hiking pond, long ridge elf1 elf1