Towsley Canyon Hike, near Valencia, on June 29, 2011

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Our route for the hike, in blue, as displayed in Google Earth, looking south-south-east. We hiked clockwise around the loop.
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In the parking lot
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The trailhead. We took the Towsley View Loop.
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An oil seep, the first of several we encountered
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Another oil seep
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A close look at the bench
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Looking toward the Santa Clarita Valley
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Not much shade on this part of the trail!
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That's the I-5 freeway
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Both trails go to the same place, so we took the steeper one
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Now we've started down the other side of the loop
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This snake disappeared in a flash when I tried to get lower so you could better see that he's sticking his head up to look at us
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The view in the generally westward direction
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Looking north-ish
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