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| Above: Dan opens a mysterious gate along the trail to Kern Hot Springs. |
| Left: A blissfully cool section of trail. This is at the bottom of the Kern River valley. It was shady and cool, full of ferns & berries. If i was a bear, I'd hang out in this valley. |
| Below: the view up the side of the valley, to the rim of the Chagoopa Plateau. |
| Below: a hideous section of trail along the Kern Valley heading toward the Hot Springs. granite, granite, and more granite, and no shade at all. the rocks slipped away under our feet, and it was just plain hard ground. |