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	<title>Northern California Hiking Trails Blog &#187; Photographs</title>
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	<description>Dayhikes and Backpacking: Bay Area &#124; Coast and Redwoods &#124; Sierra Nevada &#124; Cascade Range &#124; Klamath Mountains</description>
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		<title>Lassen Volcanic National Park Photo Contest for 2011 Annual Pass</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2010/05/15/lassen-volcanic-national-park-photo-contest-for-2011-annual-pass/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 10:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For my many readers who love hiking in Lassen Volcanic National Park as much as I do, and also love to take Lassen photos, your chance for glory is here. Here are the details from an LNVP press release about how you can win the Lassen Volcanic National Park 2011 Annual Pass Photo Contest: Photos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whiskeytown National Recreation Area Hosts Wildflower Photos by Ken DeCamp</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2010/03/17/whiskeytown-national-recreation-area-hosts-wildflower-photos-by-ken-decamp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ken DeCamp is one of the top nature photographers in Northern California. Be sure to catch his exhibit of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area wildflowers at the Whiskeytown Visitor Center  between March 21 and May 16. He&#8217;s also giving a slide presentation on the same topic at Turtle Bay in Redding at 6 p.m. on March [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banff Mountain Film Festival Coming to Northern California This Spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The annual Banff Mountain Film Festival features some of the best films about outdoors and outdoors adventure. It&#8217;s playing in California from late February through April, from Arcata to San Diego. Check out the full list of California showings to find out when it&#8217;s in your area. Here&#8217;s some background on the film festival tour: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gambolin&#8217; Man Goes to Point Reyes National Seashore</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gambolin&#8217; Man blog has another excellent hiking/nature/philosophy essay, this time about Gambolin&#8217; Man&#8217;s walk to Tomales Point at Point Reyes National Seashore: We continue past the photogenic row of battered old Monterey Cypress trees, nearing the end of their hundred year lifespan. The next big storm could do them in. The path then climbs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bird Photography Exhibit at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whiskeytown Lake has a special place in my heart. I learned to swim there as a little kid (Thanks Uncle Bob!), raced sailboats with my dad (a screamin&#8217; 505) and the Whiskeytown Sailing Club, and wrote about many of the trails for my first hiking book. And I also love birds. Now the Whiskeytown National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gambolin&#8217; Man on the Trees of Northern California</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/12/13/gambolin-man-on-the-trees-of-northern-california/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gambolin&#8217; Man has written another beautiful and insightful essay, this time about the special qualities of trees: Trees! Ah! Delightful and important living specimens that offer up their bountiful shade, indulge us with sensorial and aesthetic pleasures, and induce ecstatic joy in our lives at their mere presence and sight. Related Posts:Gambolin&#8217; Man&#8217;s New Mexico [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Coastal Clean-Up Day: Help Keep Your Favorite California Hiking Beaches Trash-Free</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/09/15/california-coastal-clean-up-day-help-keep-your-favorite-california-hiking-beaches-trash-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bay Area Hiking and Backpacking Trails]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[California Coastal Clean-Up Day is this Saturday, September 19. If you&#8217;re like me, you love hiking on beaches and coastal trails. When I lived in Crescent City, I walked Pebble Beach twice every day. (My golden retrievers insisted on it.) Here&#8217;s what sponsor California Coastal Commission says: California Coastal Cleanup Day is the premier volunteer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walking and Tai Chi on the Beach at Beautiful Bandon, Oregon</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/09/01/walking-and-tai-chi-on-the-beach-at-beautiful-bandon-oregon/</link>
		<comments>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/09/01/walking-and-tai-chi-on-the-beach-at-beautiful-bandon-oregon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oregon Hiking and Backpacking Trails]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just spent three and a half days at a tai chi/internal martial arts workshop in Bandon, Oregon, a picturesque small town that stretches along some of the most beautiful coastline I&#8217;ve ever seen. I picked up my tai chi teacher Gene Burnett in Ashland, just across the California line, and we drove together to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lassen Volcanic National Park Photo Contest: Get Your Lassen Picture on the 2010 Annual Pass</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/08/23/lassen-volcanic-national-park-photo-contest-get-your-lassen-picture-on-the-2010-annual-pass/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lassen Volcanic National Park Hiking-Backpacking Trails]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The deadline to enter the Lassen Volcanic National Park photo contest is September 12. Here are the details from the press release: Lassen Volcanic National Park Superintendent Darlene M. Koontz announced that the Lassen Volcanic Annual Park Pass photo contest will run through September 12. The contest is open to the general public, park employees, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upper Gumboot Lake: All Things Shasta Blog Takes You There</title>
		<link>http://northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com/blog/2009/08/19/upper-gumboot-lake-all-things-shasta-blog-takes-you-there/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Trinity Divide Mountains harbor lots of glacial mountain lakes and I&#8217;ve been to most of them. However, turns out I&#8217;ve never quite been to Upper Gumboot Lake. I&#8217;ve seen it from the Trinity Divide crest when I took a short and scenic detour from the Pacific Crest Trail on the way to Seven Lakes [...]]]></description>
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