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#KingRangeWilderness

Day 5 meant facing up to more trail that hadn't been worked since a tough winter. I managed it, a bit of road walk, and unexpected dry camping that I was perfectly prepared for.
https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/05/lost-coast-king-crest-to-spanish-ridge.html
#hiking #backpacking #trekking #walking #landscape #nature #ridge #KingRangeWilderness #solohiker #California #Humboldt #KingRangeNationalConservationArea

Inland from the King Crest Trail.
Rolling hills with patches of light and dark green are topped with a thin layer of clouds below otherwise blue sky. The foreground contains tree tops, both leafy and dead.

Seaside canyon from the King Crest Trail.
Wispy clouds on the ridge tops on either side of the canyon reach down into its steep sides full of slides too steep for anything to grow. Less steep surfaces are topped with trees. Out the end of the canyon, the ocean is visible.

Looking back along the King Range to King Peak. Peaks of green under a mostly blue sky.

Now hiking on a grassy hill on Cooskie Creek Route, looking south along the King Range. Nearby, green grass has scattered Douglas firs. In the distance, hills are covered with the trees except for a grey spot of slide on Northslide Mountain.

More #wildlife on the trail!
What washes up, a couple of birds, and something that looks too much like a rattlesnake on Rattlesnake Ridge.
#octopus #snake #bird #cormorant #killdeer
#hiking #backpacking #LostCoast #KingRangeWilderness #California #nature
Trying to figure out what hashtags are needed is always too much. #DangerNoodle yeah.

Octopus in a tide pool. It washed up and suckers huge and small are visible, warped a little bit the ripples on the top of the water.

Nearly dry cormorant looks back to check out the photographer. It is a black bird with black webbed feet on a black rock. A waves washes this way in the distance.

Killdeer. Brown and white bird with striping on its head looks back between testing out spots in the sand to sit. The bird is currently standing in the dark sand surrounded by lighter rocks and tufts of green.

Something that looks all too much like a rattlesnake even with a skinny tail showing. Gopher snake curled up on Rattlesnake Ridge, slightly hidden by long grass.

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