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I look down across the Orestimba Wilderness through some burned chamise skeletons from last year's brush fire

09768-orestimba-800px.jpg  I wander around the junction of Coit Road and County Line Road and take in the fine viewsThumbnailsThe switchbacks down County Line Road from Coit Road to Orestimba Creek make for a fun downhill I wander around the junction of Coit Road and County Line Road and take in the fine viewsThumbnailsThe switchbacks down County Line Road from Coit Road to Orestimba Creek make for a fun downhill I wander around the junction of Coit Road and County Line Road and take in the fine viewsThumbnailsThe switchbacks down County Line Road from Coit Road to Orestimba Creek make for a fun downhill I wander around the junction of Coit Road and County Line Road and take in the fine viewsThumbnailsThe switchbacks down County Line Road from Coit Road to Orestimba Creek make for a fun downhill I wander around the junction of Coit Road and County Line Road and take in the fine viewsThumbnailsThe switchbacks down County Line Road from Coit Road to Orestimba Creek make for a fun downhill

In a couple of hours, I'll be at Paradise Lake, which is down below, more or less in front of the distant hills. It's definitely warmer up on this ridge, as I expected, and I'm sweating quite a bit.