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Bolsa Chica Wetlands

Formally known as the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, it's the largest salt water marsh in Southern CA. It's a beautiful area but is unfortunatley flat as a board with virtually no single track. So it's hard to count as trail running, but at least it's not road!
South entrance to the Bolsa Chica Ecologoical Reserve at the footbrige.
1 South entrance to the Bolsa Chica Ecologoical Reserve at the footbrige.
A bird watcher or photograher's dream. Heron, plover, osprey, pelicans, and lots more.
2 A bird watcher or photograher's dream. Heron, plover, osprey, pelicans, and lots more.
Wetlands, PCH, the Pacific, and Catalina.
3 Wetlands, PCH, the Pacific, and Catalina.
The wetlands with Santiago in the distance.
4 The wetlands with Santiago in the distance.
There's a tiny stretch of single track (and even a tiny bit of elevation gain) if you know where to look.
5 There's a tiny stretch of single track (and even a tiny bit of elevation gain) if you know where to look.
A crazy BMX bike park.
6 A crazy BMX bike park.
My favorite area of the wetlands.
7 My favorite area of the wetlands.
This would have been all but gone had developers been approved to build 5,000+ homes here. The  history of the wetlands  is pretty fascinating, definitely worth a read.
8 This would have been all but gone had developers been approved to build 5,000+ homes here. The history of the wetlands is pretty fascinating, definitely worth a read.
If only there weren't oil derricks in view.
9 If only there weren't oil derricks in view.
More views from the Northern end of the wetlands.
10 More views from the Northern end of the wetlands.
Definitely beats running on the street.
11 Definitely beats running on the street.
Picture from the footbridge.
12 Picture from the footbridge.
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