Signs of spring pop up around valleyLoading
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    ELIAS FUNEZ/efunez@modbee.com An ancient Native American Yokuts pathway carved through the Del Puerto Canyon gateway is visible. The first Spanish explorers that traveled along the west side of the valley in the late 1700's named the canyon after the narrow opening in the rock that allows Del Puerto Creek to flow through to the valley.
    Elias Funez | The Modesto Bee
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    ELIAS FUNEZ/efunez@modbee.com An ancient Native American Yokuts pathway carved through the Del Puerto Canyon gateway is visible. The first Spanish explorers that traveled along the west side of the valley in the late 1700's named the canyon after the narrow opening in the rock that allows Del Puerto Creek to flow through to the valley.
    Elias Funez | The Modesto Bee
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    ELIAS FUNEZ/efunez@modbee.com Blue dicks sprout up amidst a hillside of California poppies in Del Puerto Canyon near the rock feature at the entrance to the Diablo Range that gives the canyon its namesake originally given by the first Spanish explorers in the this area in the late 1700's.
    Elias Funez | The Modesto Bee
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    ELIAS FUNEZ/efunez@modbee.com California poppies cover a hillside in Del Puerto Canyon near the rock feature at the entrance to the hillside that gives the canyon its namesake originally given by the first Spanish explorers in the this area in the late 1700's.
    Elias Funez | The Modesto Bee
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    ELIAS FUNEZ/efunez@modbee.com A hummingbird soaks up the early spring sun in Del Puerto Canyon Friday (03-01-13).
    Elias Funez | The Modesto Bee
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    ELIAS FUNEZ/efunez@modbee.com Sprouts of lupine begin to soak up the early spring sun in the Diablo Range west of Patterson Friday morning (03-01-13).
    Elias Funez | The Modesto Bee
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    ELIAS FUNEZ/efunez@modbee.com California poppies cover a hillside in Del Puerto Canyon near the rock feature at the entrance to the hillside that gives the canyon its namesake originally given by the first Spanish explorers in the this area in the late 1700's.
    Elias Funez | The Modesto Bee
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    ELIAS FUNEZ/efunez@modbee.com California poppies cover a hillside in Del Puerto Canyon near the rock feature at the entrance to the hillside that gives the canyon its namesake originally given by the first Spanish explorers in the this area in the late 1700's.
    Elias Funez | The Modesto Bee
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    ELIAS FUNEZ/efunez@modbee.com An ancient Native American Yokuts pathway carved through the Del Puerto Canyon gateway is visible. The first Spanish explorers that traveled along the west side of the valley in the late 1700's named the canyon after the narrow opening in the rock that allows Del Puerto Creek to flow through to the valley.
    Elias Funez | The Modesto Bee

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