Hiking the Middle Sespe Trail in the Los Padres National Forest on January 14, 2014

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View of our route, shown in pink and looking east, courtesy of Google Earth. Highway 33 can be seen at the bottom.
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The first very short leg is on an old paved road that leads to an abandoned campground.
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On the trail
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Looking backwards (west) where we paused to find a geocache, one of about 30 along the way.
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The trail ahead climbs above the cliff at the edge of the river
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Leafless trees in the river
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As we climb, the trail becomes somewhat overgrown
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The trail is narrower here, with a lot of exposure
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After cresting the hill, we can start to see Piedra Blanca in the distance.
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Looking east down the Sespe River valley
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The trail ahead crosses a side stream and climbs back out of the valley
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The trail here is narrow and loose. You don't want to slide down here!
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The trail is quite overgrown in some places. The first 2-3 miles from each end were very wide, but not in the middle.
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A switchback
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Finding another geocache
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The trail down is somewhere on that hill behind us
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This geocache was drilled into a piece of wood!
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The path ahead is much more level, but there are big rocks everywhere. Very pretty!
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This geocache was a few dozen feet from the trail.

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