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... day to be there! And I really like that loop extension that includes Tracy Hill. Wish we'd known about that possibility. Is there a trail up ...

... day to be there! And I really like that loop extension that includes Tracy Hill. Wish we'd known about that possibility. Is there a trail up ...

Ever wondered why we find this area so instinctively beautiful? Listen to what Denis Dutton has to say about our primal instincts, and why certain landscapes are so attractive to us. Start listening around 9:20. http://www.npr.org/2013/04/19/174726813/are-some-things-universally-beautiful Fascinati...

I generally avoid the Tracy Hill portion because of ticks. They say it is relatively safe if you remember to check yourself, but I don't always remember.

... day to be there! And I really like that loop extension that includes Tracy Hill. Wish we'd known about that possibility. Is there a trail up ...

I am planning to follow in your footsteps as soon as possible (yet again) - I still need to fully incorporate Tracy Hill in my loops! Great TR and some very cool B&W shots.

... a Catherine Ck TH - Coyote Wall loop has been inevitable. Galvenized ... just about everywhere on today's hike. If you leave the trail you may ... :shock: ) and climbed up and over Tracy Hill to the frog pond at 1500'. No more ...

Nice! Really appreciate seeing this now. Used to be, reports from that area just turned me in circles, but now that I've been there once, this helps fill in a bunch of pieces I still wasn't aware of. Really sorry you had to, but sounds like you found the perfect way to deal with that email. You kno...

Nice! Really appreciate seeing this now. Used to be, reports from that area just turned me in circles, but now that I've been there once, this helps fill in a bunch of pieces I still wasn't aware of. Really sorry you had to, but sounds like you found the perfect way to deal with that email.

Thanks - great report and photos! Welcome to the forum! And yeah... I know all about "restructuring"... I've survived a few of those to tell about it, thankfully... (formerly known as "streamlining", then "re-engineering" then "re-inventing" and more recently "right-sizing"..)

Tom