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Death Valley 2007
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Jim examines the slime.
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Telescope Pk over Panamint Valley
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Climbing Pinto Peak
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Getting late going down
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But easier than going up!
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Out on the big flats behind Salt Creek
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Evening shadows
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Salt Flats, Telescope Peak
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Dune jumping in sandstorm
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Minor miner again
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Climbing Jubilee Peak
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Southern DV from Jubilee
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Three guys with hats
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BYO shade
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Old mine road near Skidoo
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July 2007 |
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Early start to Angels Landing
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Not sure I want to go up there.
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Canyon Overlook
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50 points for my ringtail!
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Brrr... Refrigerator Canyon?
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Cross bedded sandstone
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Going to the Narrows
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See why it's called Top Rock?
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Canaan Mountain
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Canaan slickrock
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Virgin Narrows
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Yesterday's rain, today's mud
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Swimming with ouzels
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King of the narrows!
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Willis Creek
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A long drop down
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Looking fresh in the morning
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Sunrise on the Hermit Shale
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Supai flower, bigger than Ben
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Widforss Point
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The Transept. Up early on a hot day.
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Tidepool guys
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Climbing Scott's Bluff
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Famous overturned strata
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Flowing water? Dam it!
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Windy Ridge, Mt. St. Helens
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That's how it erupted!
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It's dormant, right Jim?
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Well, not quite!
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Wildlife goes for the good stuff.
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Don't fall!
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Death Valley 2008
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Civet in a hole!
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Narrows of Lovell Wash
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Dad, about the car...
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Close the door behind you.
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Desert Gold!
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The rocks have measels
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Crepuscular valley
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A long ways down.
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The answer is blowing in the wind
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Ruin with a view
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I am not climbing to the top!
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Bowl of Fire.
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Aguereberry Point
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The Butte.
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To King Midas Mine
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Amargosa Narrows
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Zion 2008
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First rap.
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On top of Slickrock Land.
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Slickrock Land.
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North Fork narrows.
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Behind the White Cliffs
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Red Canyon
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The Barracks in Parunuweap
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Really dark!
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Hard to get off route here.
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Mommy do it string!
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Cross bedded sandstone.
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Parunuweap, lots of quicksand.
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Swirly rock slot.
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Watch the thunderstorms...
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Above the crowds.
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Horned lizard, happy Ben.
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"Not so scary."
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Slickrock explorer.
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Low tide on Second Beach
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James Island, sunset at First Beach
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Fast food for an eagle
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Tucson's multi-story castle
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Northern Yucky Seal
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Above Hole-in-Wall
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Sand Point picnic area
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Late day sun
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Spindrift
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Scott's Bluff
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Family on logs
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Twisty arch
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Lichen Head
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On the beach.
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White sands.
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Sunset from Jessie's house
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Man-of-wars and other beach trash.
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Sobriety test
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Zinc Hill, the "other" summit
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Really big timbers.
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Petros of Lake Manly jellyfish?
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Favorite sunset, Jaywhawker Canyon
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Hot soak with the BirdandHike Guy
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A pack of desert rats
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Ben takes the rental for a spin.
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Grotto Canyon in the rain
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Corkscrew Wash
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You take the high road...
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John Lemoigne's cabin
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Not my fault!
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Marble Canyon narrows
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Marble Canyon narrows
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Wirelettuce may be used as a sun hat
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Crawl under the bridge
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And through the tunnel
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This isn't the bypass
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Parunuweap |
June 2009 |
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Old cattle trail
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Sunrise from our camp
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A "horned toad" a day...
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Ready to go down there?
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Ghosts of the Rock
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Shards. I didn't break it!
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Esplanade alcove camp
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Full pack, full sun.
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Navajo sandstone
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Parunuweap "trail"
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Narrows
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They just painted on the color!
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Parunuweap straghtaway
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Mineral Gulch
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More red walls
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A bad place to be...
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...in a thunderstorm
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But a shadow of itself
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Cable Mountain
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Morning light at Bryce
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Orange rock and bristlecone pines
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The subway at home has an escalator!
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Dad's favorite light
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Mud pie guy.
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Roaming in slickrock land
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Shower room in the Subway. *
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Butt Crack Mountain in background.
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View from a wild place.
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Lunch break in the mud mines.
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Big red ramp to the Subway.*
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Subway tunnel, watch for trains.*
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Subway pools, tub time!
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Kanarra Red
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The Bowling Alley
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Famous Subway log.
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Last stop in the Subway.
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Canyon Junction, end of Orderville *
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Take a left at the petroglyphs.
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Second Beach
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A stupendous castle.
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Tilted strata of Mt. Angeles
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Happily approaching end of the hike.
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"We never find brittle stars here."
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Fording the mighty Ozette
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Good beach activity on a cold day!
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Airy view of the Hole
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Launching into orbit.
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Hidden cove.
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Rare sunny morning on Rialto Beach
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Monkey in the middle!
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2009 - 2010 |
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Pie Guy on Elephant Head
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Spikey head?
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Only in the Sonoran Desert Museum!
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Santa Ritas, next destination
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Madera Canyon
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Abandoned ocelot!
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We ate pie up there.
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Mt. Hopkins behind
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Mt. Wrightson sunset
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Useful flower stalk
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Devil's Cash Box
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Above Santa Cruz Valley
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Gang of Four on Mt. Perry
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Ben's mining cabin, needs a roof job!
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Sun sets behind Telescope Peak
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Where the palm civets live
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Above the red canyon, Argus range
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Turn around in Palmer Canyon
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Last rays above the valley.
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Above Lake Manly
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Ore Boy
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View from the window seat
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Back to the honey mines
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No one here but us burros.
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East Northgate Peak
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Definitely scary
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Scenic before the thunderstorm
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Dad's favorite light again
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Meanest guy on the trail
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Don't drip it on Mom!
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Sandstone streaks
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Admirable Boletus?
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On Deertrap Mountain
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Who are ewe?
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Like Bryce, but no people
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Older than Granny!
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Best travelled before dinner
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Spring Creek, but where's the water?
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Dad's favorite rock
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Armful of canyon
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Dark passage
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Quicksand corridor
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Star fog on Rialto Beach
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Don't trip over the seal pup!
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Who's down there?
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Fresh bear claw for breakfast.
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Mount Olympus
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Marmota olympus
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Gophers through the Hole!
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We otter remember this family.
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Fording the mighty Ozette again.
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Cats' multi-story castle
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Still chasing gulls!
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Lovely view for an eagle
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2010 - 2011 |
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Famous spiral petro, again
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Evening in the Sonoran desert.
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Don't step back!
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Thought we left the snow at home?
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A bit early for ocotillo.
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Snow melts fast here.
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I'm a little teapot...
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Kaleidoscope Canyon
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Bat, bat, come under my hat!
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Desert canyon waterfall
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The long corridor
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Do you have hall passes?
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Winch you were here!
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Fat, yes. Terrible? No. But sleepy!
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Lazarus the zebra tailed
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Long dead critters
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Rock critter
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Rock full of critters!
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Big empty!
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The White Rock beverage fairy?
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Climbers
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Climber
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Not climbing!
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Guys in a slot
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On the trail at sunrise.
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Yellow Rock with nicer weather.
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Arch above Water Canyon
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Peek-a-Ben
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Canaan Mtn. slickrock land.
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Moki marbles
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Parunuweap is down there.
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River otter.
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Up to the White Hoodoos this year.
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Behind Crazy Quilt Mesa
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Don't tread on me, Mom!
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Them's the (Cedar) Breaks!
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Hissing junebug
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Matching colors
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Just another Zion view
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On the Missing Mountain
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The Box of the Paria River
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Looks about eagle sized.
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Red Teepees
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Balancing act
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Velvet ant
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Glaciers on Mt. Olympus
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Late snowmelt means August flowers.
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Cute little vermin.
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Mt. Baker from Mt. Angeles
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Eagle with food court in distance.
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Late day light.
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Dinner?
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Sure, why not? Yum, fungus guy!
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The classic viewpoint
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A Quillayute Needle?
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Colors.
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Red Legged Frog? Yes!
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Dramatic light
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Speaking of arms...
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We otter tell yet another otter joke.
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Line up for TK's hot dog stand
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Eight of those = big octopus!
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The elusive nudibranch
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2011 - 2012 |
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What's on Wasson Peak?
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Hunting aquatic life forms
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Desert grasslands
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Yummy, at least to a deer
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Never touch a cactus!
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Windmill Suites Motel?
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Ah cool feet (clean too!)
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On top of the Little Elephant
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Just another desert sunset
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Crested Cactus Wren
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We found Tucson's mother
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Fall colors Sonoran style
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Ben deciphers the Petro Code
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Sleepy baby Chuck.
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Borax Benchmark
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In Redwall Canyon's curvy guts
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Should be a fossil, but isn't.
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Source of the Sand Canyon sand.
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Door jamb to Room Canyon
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Don't steal the petros!
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Amazing Redwall light
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Old Martin wasn't Crossing.
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Blue mountain. Really.
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Badwater
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Stunning colors.
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The Red is just painted on the Wall.
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Two guys on the "easy" dryfall bypass.
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Two guys in the slot
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No guys in the slot
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Above the badlands
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Southern end of Second Beach
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Above the Straits
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The fabled tree octopus!
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Scotts Bluff
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Foraging for sea food
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Foraging for canned food
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Sand Point
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Wedding Rock petros
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Magical Light Bay
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Who's boardwalk is this?
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I guess I'll go around.
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Another day, another deer!
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2012 - 2013 |
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Happy New Year!
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Male coatis are solitary
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Water pool?
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Dead Boy Scouts Saddle
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The magic coral bean
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Spreading the seeds
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