This is a small part of the desert mountains in Southern California, where Interstate 5 cuts through, between Valencia and Bakersfield. It is nicknamed "the grapevine", as it twists and dips around great, jagged peaks. It is a country of extremes -- extreme heat, but where the Santa Clarita River runs, it is a cool oasis, filled with cottonwoods and willows -- where an earthquake fault-line has created a band of cliffs that in turn determined the coarse of the river.
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Path at Twilight |
Riverbed |
Climbing the Cliff |
The Wall |
Bone Dry Creek |
A Little Night |
In the Shadow of the Cliff |
The Riverbank |
Swirling Current |
The Hole in the Wall |
The Hidden Bend |
End of Day |
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