The creek passes an old bridge abutment. (a)
We took a Memorial Day hike up the Arroyo Seco, Angeles National Forest (Altadena, CA), hitting the trail at 8:20 am and returning 12:20 pm.
The creek passes an old bridge abutment. (a)
Jonathan climbing past some fallen trees.
I think these are agave. The flower spikes are about 30 - 40 feet tall. Once they flower, they die.
A look at the creek with the white alders in front. (b)
Jonathan pausing to resassemble himself after shedding his sweatshirt.
I think these are California phlox.
The trail leading up through the canyon. The cut on the mountainside is the Angeles Crest Highway.
I don't know what these are - the blue you see in the leaves is actually reflection from the sky.
Another unidentified wildflower.
The forest service stocks the creek with trout, but the mallard came on his own.
California poppies.
More trail - with a yucca in flower on the right hand side of the trail.
(a) There were cabins and resorts along the creek in the early 1900's. Most of them were destroyed in a flood in 1938 or taken by eminent domain for drinking water or flood control purposes in the 1940's.
(b) A look at the creek with the white alders in front. The carving in the tree trunks is indicative of how close and accessible this walk is from the city.
(c) Some the fractures in the canyon wall at creekside showing the stress that the seismic activity puts on these mountains. The San Gabriel Mountains are rising at about 1 cm per year.
The canyon wall at creekside showing the fractures from the seismic activity in these mountains. (c)
An unidentified red flower.
Jonathan taking a picture of the unidentified red flower.
Looking up the trail from the unidentified red flower.