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Although a little busy on a weekend day and a little bit on road, this was a surprisingly nice hike to a peak and old lookout site where the view really opened out.
Details all here: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2024/10/monument-peak-and-eagle-rock-lookout.html
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Chaparral Mountain to the west.

Trees to the left and rock to the right. The rock undulates, hitting two peaks with long ridges off to the left and space to the right. They layer into the distance. Behind is a blue line of ridging all under a blue sky.

Trinity River winding along the bottom of its deep canyon near Big Bar.

A thick line of blue wiggles toward the viewer from crinkled hills backed by crinkled mountains. Canyon walls come down gently to the water at right and left. Right is very green and full of trees. Left is much drier, full of grassy areas and a thin layer of smaller trees.

Ruins of Eagle Rock Lookout.

A foundation of concrete with some pipes poking out at the nearer corners sits on a spit of land that sticks out into space. Far beyond, land rises up again, long and eroded into ridges and valleys. Far behind, pointed peaks rise up to pierce the sky. A few clouds gather right over those far peaks, but all else above and nearer is blue.

Mountain blue penstemon (Penstemon laetus)

A stem of blue trumpets with white accents, all generally pointed toward the camera, and yellow buds further up.

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