Hike

Visiting The Sinks – The Grand Canyon of Orange County

Published: Mon, May 13, 2019
Written by GizellaN
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Categories: Blog, Flower Photography, Landscape, Photography, USA
Tags: California, Hike, Irvine, LetsGoOutside, Limestone Canyon, The Sink

On Saturday my husband and I enjoyed another wonderful hike. We only had to drive 5 minutes to the trail head, and after about an hour or so hike we reached a lookout point from where we were presented with the above view. This is called The Sink – I believe this one is the West Sink. We didn’t have time to hike another mile to see the East Sink, but we’ll try to do that next time. These are natural sandstone formations, which are sometimes referred to as Orange County’s miniature Grand Canyon. Here are a few images from our hike.

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Bommer Canyon Hike – Part 2

Published: Tue, Apr 23, 2019
Written by GizellaN
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Categories: Blog, Landscape, Photography, USA
Tags: Bommer Canyon, Hike, Irvine Ranch Natural Landmarks, landscapes, LetsGoOutside, Wildflowers

This post is the continuation of yesterday’s post about our Bommer Canyon hike.

The hike we took was about 3-mile long loop on East Fork and Ridge Route paths. The panoramas will give you an idea of what the scenery looked like from different spots of the hike. (Click on images to open them larger in a new window.)

This next image was taken from Ridgeline Trail. In the background it covers (from left to right) West Irvine, Tustin and East Irvine (where we live).

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Bommer Canyon Hike – Part 1

Published: Mon, Apr 22, 2019
Written by GizellaN
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Categories: Blog, Flower Photography, Photography, USA
Tags: Bommer Canyon, Hike, Irvine Ranch Natural Landmarks, LetsGoOutside, Wildflowers

On Saturday my husband and I took part in an event; we hiked in Bommer Canyon (Irvine) during its open access day. Once a month they open the otherwise gated trails for the public, and we can hike in the area without a docent.

We had the most perfect day for a hike; cloudy and not too hot either. We experienced some extraordinary views from different points of our hike. I will post scenery images tomorrow; today I wanted to show you wildflower pictures. We saw many kinds; some I recognized, others I still need to learn about. Here is a selection from the beautiful flowers:

Monkey Flowers
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Orchard Hills Twilight Hike

Published: Thu, Apr 18, 2019
Written by GizellaN
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Categories: Blog, Flower Photography, Landscape, Photography, USA
Tags: Hike, Irvine Ranch Natural Landmarks, LetsGoOutside, Orchard Hills

Tuesday night I attended a 3-mile hike at Orchard Hills, which is less than a 10 minute drive from my home. This hike is not open to the public unless you sign up for a volunteer docent led hike organized for certain times of the week. Orchard Hills is part of the over 50,000 acres Irvine Ranch Natural Landmarks.

What makes this hike special is that you actually walk around a working avocado orchard.

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