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The gravel of dry-in-summer Orestimba Creek radiates heat on a 100-degree day like concrete does in a big city

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00075-break-time-800px.jpg Back on Orestimba Creek Road, I take a moment to explore the fenced entrance to the privately owned ranchThumbnailsWhile walking the mile up Red Creek toward Paradise Lake, it occurs to me that something here has changed since last year...Back on Orestimba Creek Road, I take a moment to explore the fenced entrance to the privately owned ranchThumbnailsWhile walking the mile up Red Creek toward Paradise Lake, it occurs to me that something here has changed since last year...Back on Orestimba Creek Road, I take a moment to explore the fenced entrance to the privately owned ranchThumbnailsWhile walking the mile up Red Creek toward Paradise Lake, it occurs to me that something here has changed since last year...Back on Orestimba Creek Road, I take a moment to explore the fenced entrance to the privately owned ranchThumbnailsWhile walking the mile up Red Creek toward Paradise Lake, it occurs to me that something here has changed since last year...Back on Orestimba Creek Road, I take a moment to explore the fenced entrance to the privately owned ranchThumbnailsWhile walking the mile up Red Creek toward Paradise Lake, it occurs to me that something here has changed since last year...

This area always makes me sweat! I take a break under trees at the junction of Red Creek Road, knowing that the final mile across shadeless Paradise Flat will make me wilt.