From Sunday's San Gabriels High Five run and hike.

From a late afternoon trail run along Las Virgenes Creek in late November 2007.

From Tuesday's run at Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve (formerly Ahmanson Ranch).

From a run at Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve (formerly Ahmanson Ranch).

From a run at Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve (formerly Ahmanson Ranch). Note the hawk in the tree on the left.

From a run at Sage Ranch. (A 16:9 format image.)

Study of a wall of the Electra Powerhouse on the Mokelumne River.

 From a trail run at Sage Ranch Park earlier this year.

Taken while running the Lower Stagecoach - Hummingbird loop on July 12, 2007.

From the Three Points - Mt. Waterman trail run on Sunday.

From Sunday's Backbone, Bulldog & Beyond run.

It was a Southern California kind of Superbowl Sunday, with temperatures in the eighties and a sky writer producing the most obvious clouds. Some friends and I took advantage of the spectacular, short-sleeve, blue skies weather to do a loop up and over Strawberry Peak from Clear Creek Station.

The photograph of the scattered Yucca leaves was taken on the "Nature's Canteen" trail. This trail links the Switzer Picnic Area access road with Clear Creek Station.

Related posts: Strawberry Peak Traverse, Spring Growth, Fall Leaves on Bear Creek.