Purisima Creek

Coast-side, there's plenty of fog and condensation, so the creeks are running even at summer's end during this severe drought year. A little piece of Oregon for the parched California hiker...

Water!

Ferns!

Alders are the pioneers in a logged-over creek bed...

Elk clover... always seems disproportionately large...

A section of redwoods in the canyon floor have crazy burls...