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The Yerba Buena segment of the Backbone Trail has taken a beating with the rain. It's a lot rockier than it looks in this photo.
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The trail comes from the left, the stream from the right.
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A big rut near the trailhead
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Starting up the Mishe Mokwa Trail
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The trail is rocky and a little wet here
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I love the color of this rock!
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Echo cliffs, but the waterfalls have died out already
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Gigi is up ahead
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This downhill spot was muddy and slippery
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A little stream crosses the trail
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Looking for waterfalls down the stream
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There's a waterfall!
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Zoomed out a bit to see the trail and surroundings
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Pausing with Triunfo Canyon in the background...
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...and from this angle, you can see Echo Cliffs.
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Parts of the trail are wet and a little muddy
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Crossing a creek at Split Rock
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Inspecting one of the splits
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Balanced Rock from a different angle.
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Some bushes have started to blossom
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The trail is a bit wet
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It started to rain a bit on the way back
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On the Grotto Trail now, we see a big waterfall near the start. This is #1.
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There's not enough water for this waterfall at the very edge of the trail. There are only drips coming down from the moss.
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Thos vertical lines just below the middle are tiny streams of water
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Waterfall #1, behind the tree, with Sandstone Peak in the background
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Dennis watches the waterfall.
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Waterfall #1 again, with a bright green mossy foreground
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This was the only muddy section of the trail, so we walked in the grass.
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