Baduwa't Flood Plain and Bluffs
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McKinleyville City Parks and Mad River Bluffs ( map link ) As I've compiled the yearly hike list and map , I can't help but notice there's been a distinct lack of interest in presenting much local. I go off to the upper reaches of the Mad River and there's plenty of content, off to Trinity and there's a run of content, out to Nevada and there's a barrage of content. Stay local and there's whole months without content. I didn't even get out to Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park to go looking for some of the distinctive parasitic flowers that are still to find. And I have continued this way as there is no content for January and nearly none for February. Oh, what a beautiful day. There has been a near constant parade of storms in that time, but sometimes they wander north or south and leave a day or two that turns out sunnier than predicted, much like this supposedly overcast day. (Well, it was sunny for a while.) There are things to go out and s