{"id":9431,"date":"2021-12-06T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/?p=9431"},"modified":"2021-12-04T22:50:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T06:50:00","slug":"stalking-the-wild-maria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/2021\/12\/06\/stalking-the-wild-maria\/","title":{"rendered":"Stalking &#8220;The Wild Maria&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thanks to a chatty Ace Hardware employee who talked me up after seeing my ND jacket, we learned about Russian Gulch and its striking waterfall just outside of Mendocino. As we began our trip south, we did a quick detour to take in the beautiful redwoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/e9NXQcSJUKyWGEck8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"268\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gulch-pano-1024x268.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9468\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gulch-pano-1024x268.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gulch-pano-300x79.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gulch-pano-768x201.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gulch-pano.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video of the waterfall up close:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Waterfall at Russian Gulch\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D0i8YLh6kTA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/e9NXQcSJUKyWGEck8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Waterfall-Gulch-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9467\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Waterfall-Gulch-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Waterfall-Gulch-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Waterfall-Gulch-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Waterfall-Gulch.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/e9NXQcSJUKyWGEck8\">our photo gallery<\/a> for the full set of visuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And for the piece de resistance, our budding naturalist Hen, aka Dr. Alias Fakename (&#8220;Elias Fah-ke-nah-may&#8221;) filmed &#8220;The Wild Maria&#8221; traipsing around her natural habitat, Sasquatch-style. Check out his report (sound on!). <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"&#x1f61d;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/ta1\/1\/16\/1f61d.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Wild Maria!\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XnUaqxc231k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to a chatty Ace Hardware employee who talked me up after seeing my ND jacket, we learned about Russian Gulch and its striking waterfall just outside of Mendocino. As we began our trip south, we did a quick detour to take in the beautiful redwoods. 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