Nature hikes

Wonderland of Spring Flowers: Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens in Claremont

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Our trip to Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens in Claremont came at the invitation of my friend Debi at GoExploreNature.com – although she doesn’t admit to being seen with us in her post about it.  We met up in the Claremont Village (Yale Street and surroundings) for a bite to eat and then headed off [...]

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Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary Natural Science Center and Birdwatching

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Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary and Natural Science Center is at the end of Modjeska Canyon.  We went on a foggy day which suited me well because I’m always cautious about rattlesnakes.  I imagined it to be a dry, wide open space with a lake.  It turned out to be a quaint tree covered nature path around [...]

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Castaways Park in Newport Beach

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Castaways Park in Newport Beach is one of the best spots in Orange County to take in views of the Newport Back Bay and Newport Harbor. Directions to Castaways Park: There are a lot of ways to get here! You can take Pacific Coast Highway (PCH), the 73, and even the 55.  It’s at the [...]

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Robber’s Cave in Aliso Woods Canyon

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Once a month, our family nature club meets to do some outdoor exploring in Orange County.  Each April, we make a list of 12 places we’d like to go for the following year.  Robber’s Cave in Aliso Wood Canyon was high on the list for 2011-2012, but we picked February for the cool weather. We [...]

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Our Little Moment Away from the World with Earthroots Field School

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That’s an exact quote from my 10 year old about our day on Saturday: “Our little moment away from the world.” It was brought to us by Earthroots Field School.  We joined Jodi, Jeannie, Ren and Evan for an afternoon learning to make fire and fire tools.  We were waaaayyyyy back in Silverado Canyon with [...]

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