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I start by walking up the road toward Howe Spring, spring #1 of 5 on today's hike

4996-howe-spring.jpg A couple of bluejays perch on a burned tree, watching my tentThumbnailsApproaching Howe Spring, I notice some old scrub oaks growing back from their burned structureA couple of bluejays perch on a burned tree, watching my tentThumbnailsApproaching Howe Spring, I notice some old scrub oaks growing back from their burned structureA couple of bluejays perch on a burned tree, watching my tentThumbnailsApproaching Howe Spring, I notice some old scrub oaks growing back from their burned structureA couple of bluejays perch on a burned tree, watching my tentThumbnailsApproaching Howe Spring, I notice some old scrub oaks growing back from their burned structureA couple of bluejays perch on a burned tree, watching my tentThumbnailsApproaching Howe Spring, I notice some old scrub oaks growing back from their burned structure

A few old junipers survived the 2005 brush fires here, even though much of the vegetation burned.