. jAlbum 9 slides/Strawberry Peak - 011.html# Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:54:12 -0700 The lower trail in Colby Canyon, not far from te Angeles Crest Highway. Trees, grasses - a riparian woodland that is very lush, compared to the hillsides above. The lower trail in Colby Canyon, not far from te Angeles Crest Highway. Trees, grasses - a riparian woodland that is very lush, compared to the hillsides above. slides/Strawberry Peak - 011.jpg slides/Strawberry Peak - 018.html# Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:54:12 -0700 slides/Strawberry Peak - 018.jpg slides/Strawberry Peak - 026.html# Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:54:12 -0700 Strawberry Peak itself Strawberry Peak itself slides/Strawberry Peak - 026.jpg slides/Strawberry Peak - 043.html# Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:54:12 -0700 This trip was in November, so the yuccas are dried out and done. Having spent a couple of decades preparing for this bloom, the plant will now die. This trip was in November, so the yuccas are dried out and done. Having spent a couple of decades preparing for this bloom, the plant will now die. slides/Strawberry Peak - 043.jpg slides/Strawberry Peak - 048.html# Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:54:12 -0700 A telephoto view of the switchbacks ahead, leading up to Josephine Saddle. The trail is really very well maintained. A telephoto view of the switchbacks ahead, leading up to Josephine Saddle. The trail is really very well maintained. slides/Strawberry Peak - 048.jpg slides/Strawberry Peak - 058.html# Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:54:12 -0700 Telephoto down into the canyon. Bowls in the rock made by rocks tumbling in the stream the stream during floods. Telephoto down into the canyon. Bowls in the rock made by rocks tumbling in the stream the stream during floods. slides/Strawberry Peak - 058.jpg slides/Strawberry Peak - 065.html# Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:54:12 -0700 Green lichen, black rock. Green lichen, black rock. slides/Strawberry Peak - 065.jpg slides/Strawberry Peak - 079.html# Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:54:12 -0700 Looking back down the canyon. Getting hazy. Looking back down the canyon. Getting hazy. slides/Strawberry Peak - 079.jpg slides/Strawberry Peak - 085.html# Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:54:12 -0700 Getting closer. Still maybe 1500 feet above. Getting closer. Still maybe 1500 feet above. slides/Strawberry Peak - 085.jpg slides/Strawberry Peak - 088.html# Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:54:12 -0700 Manzanita Manzanita slides/Strawberry Peak - 088.jpg slides/Strawberry Peak - 115.html# Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:54:12 -0700 The ghost of a yucca The ghost of a yucca slides/Strawberry Peak - 115.jpg slides/Strawberry Peak - 118.html# Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:54:12 -0700 Looking back down the valley again. Trail visible in the middle distance. Looking back down the valley again. Trail visible in the middle distance. slides/Strawberry Peak - 118.jpg slides/Strawberry Peak - 131.html# Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:54:12 -0700 Well, this is as far as I got. When you have a time limit, and days are getting short, don't start at 1:30 in the afternoon. This is Josephine Saddle, almost 5000 feet up. Looking west toward Josephine Peak. Well, this is as far as I got. When you have a time limit, and days are getting short, don't start at 1:30 in the afternoon. This is Josephine Saddle, almost 5000 feet up. Looking west toward Josephine Peak. slides/Strawberry Peak - 131.jpg slides/Strawberry Peak - 145.html# Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:54:12 -0700 A California Towhee, just below Josephine Saddle on the way back down. A California Towhee, just below Josephine Saddle on the way back down. slides/Strawberry Peak - 145.jpg slides/Strawberry Peak - 191.html# Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:54:12 -0700 The base of an old yucca. Did it grow around these rocks, pushing them up? Or did they get embedded after it died? The base of an old yucca. Did it grow around these rocks, pushing them up? Or did they get embedded after it died? slides/Strawberry Peak - 191.jpg slides/Strawberry Peak - 204.html# Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:54:12 -0700 I could believe I was in Pennsylvania I could believe I was in Pennsylvania slides/Strawberry Peak - 204.jpg slides/Strawberry Peak - 224.html# Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:54:12 -0700 Looking down at the Angeles Crest. Getting gloomy in late afternoon. Still twenty minutes away. Looking down at the Angeles Crest. Getting gloomy in late afternoon. Still twenty minutes away. slides/Strawberry Peak - 224.jpg slides/Strawberry Peak - 232.html# Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:54:12 -0700 A glimpse of Strawberry peak. Marine layer really coming in. A glimpse of Strawberry peak. Marine layer really coming in. slides/Strawberry Peak - 232.jpg