Magnesia Falls, Rancho Mirage

Hiked 5 miles with the Desert Trails Club

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Tahquitz Peak (fire lookout) Idyllwild

Hiked 9 miles today - what an amazing view from here!

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San Jacinto Peak

Hiked 11 miles today from the top of the Tram!

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Big Horn Sheep seen from Bump & Grind trail today, Palm Desert

And they say there's no Big Horn Sheep on the Bump & Grind?!

Ernie Maxwell Trail, Idyllwild

Hiked 5 miles today with the Desert Trails Club

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Cahuilla Indian Pictographs, Idyllwild

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1,000-year-old Serrano Indian Petrogylphs, Pipes Canyon, Pioneertown

Hiked 5 miles today with The Living Desert

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Former dolomite mine - Cactus Spring Trail / Horsethief Creek

Hiked 5 miles today with The Living Desert

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Hiked 10 miles today with the Desert Trails club

Art Smith Trail (Palm Desert) Beavertail Cactus

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Stone Pools (Indian Canyons)

Hiked 6 miles today with the Coachella Valley Club

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Tahquitz Canyon has gorgeous 60 ft. waterfall

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Tahquitz Canyon website

Pushwalla Palms (Coachella Valley Preserve)

Hiked 6 miles today with the Desert Trails Club

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Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center (Palm Desert)

This is a baby "Chuckwalla" (in the iguana family)

Hike led by The Living Desert

Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center (not open to public)

Maynard Mine Trail (Indian Canyons)

6 miles total, 2080 ft. elevation gain

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South Lykken Trail (Palm Springs)

Was inspired to do trail by this wonderful hiking book!

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Chuckwalla Loop (Rancho Mirage)

5 mile loop - nice view of Mirada Estates

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Ladder Canyon & Painted Canyon (Mecca Hills)

Hike led by The Living Desert

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Ancient pre-Cahuilla Indian Petroglyph (on West Fork Trail)

Hiked 6 miles today in Indian Canyons

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Araby/Berns/Shannon Loop (past Bob Hope's house)

Hiked 6 miles today with the Desert Trails Club

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Eisenhower Loop trail at The Living Desert

Nice view of the valley - 5 mile loop