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![](ben_pix/pilot.tiny.jpg) |
I did ask for a window seat!
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![](ben_pix/b_k_firstbeach.tiny.jpg) |
Our favorite beaches in Washington.
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![](ben_pix/naked_surf.tiny.jpg) |
Let's get wet!
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![](ben_pix/beach_swing.tiny.jpg) |
A swing among the drift logs
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![](ben_pix/sink02.tiny.jpg) |
I still fit in the sink!
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![](ben_pix/rainier.tiny.jpg) |
The big mountain, Mt. Rainier.
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Sonoran desert, Tuscon
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![](ben_pix/big_cactus.tiny.jpg) |
Big cactus!
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![](ben_pix/az_pool.tiny.jpg) |
Arizona is fun...
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![](ben_pix/az_pool_fun.tiny.jpg) |
...especially when you find water!
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Martha's Vineyard
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![](ben_pix/three_mv_beach.tiny.jpg) |
Look at my terrible teeth!
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![](ben_pix/kaya_ben_mv.tiny.jpg) |
Stop tickling me, Kaya!
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![](ben_pix/octopus_garden.tiny.jpg) |
Tending the octopus garden.
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Death Valley, 2003
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![](ben_pix/dv03/red_rock_tiny.JPG) |
In the bowl of fire.
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![](ben_pix/dv03/bad_pool_tiny.JPG) |
Badwater before the boardwalk
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![](ben_pix/dv03/twisted_strata_tiny.JPG) |
Twisted strata
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![](ben_pix/dv03/really_twisted_tiny.JPG) |
Really twisted!
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![](ben_pix/dv03/exposed_eric_tiny.JPG) |
Eric demonstrating exposure
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![](ben_pix/dv03/upper_fall_tiny.JPG) |
Fall Canyon narrows
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![](ben_pix/dv03/down_fall_tiny.JPG) |
Next time Ben will come up here.
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![](ben_pix/dv03/sand_trek_tiny.JPG) |
Climbing the highest dune
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![](ben_pix/dv03/thimble_view_tiny.JPG) |
From Thimble Peak
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![](ben_pix/dv03/salt_polygons_tiny.JPG) |
Badwater salt flats
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![](ben_pix/dv03/wood_canyon_tiny.JPG) |
The top of Wood Canyon
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![](ben_pix/dv03/lemoign_rock_tiny.JPG) |
Kid on rock
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![](ben_pix/dv03/god_light_tiny.JPG) |
Twylla's "god light"
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![](ben_pix/dv03/eric_thimble_tiny.JPG) |
Eric's cool shirt
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![](ben_pix/ben_jump.tiny.jpg) |
I can fly!
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![](ben_pix/kaya_swing.tiny.jpg) |
Swing me higher, Kaya!
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![](ben_pix/three_tidepools.tiny.jpg) |
An urchin at World's Best Tidepools.
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![](ben_pix/second_beach.tiny.jpg) |
Big big beach.
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![](ben_pix/rope_ladder.tiny.jpg) |
Hold on to me, mom.
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![](ben_pix/kaya_ben_lp03.tiny.jpg) |
Smile!
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![](ben_pix/three_tarp.tiny.jpg) |
In our beach camp.
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Death Valley, 2004
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![](ben_pix/ben_cottonwood.tiny.jpg) |
Up we go!
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![](ben_pix/ben_titus_wall.tiny.jpg) |
So how do I get down?
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![](ben_pix/slit_slide.tiny.jpg) |
Oh, like this!
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![](ben_pix/dv04/ben_chimney_tiny.jpg) |
Can't get up that!
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![](ben_pix/dv04/nevares_cabin_tiny.jpg) |
Nevares Cabin
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![](ben_pix/three_cowcreek.tiny.jpg) |
Hiking with mom and dad.
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![](ben_pix/ben_eric_ryan.tiny.jpg) |
Eric tells me funnier stories!
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![](ben_pix/cow_spring.tiny.jpg) |
Swimming in the desert?
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![](ben_pix/dv04/hamblin_chocolate_tiny.jpg) |
Isn't Mt. Hamblin made of chocolate?
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![](ben_pix/dv04/panamint_dunes_telescope_tiny.jpg) |
Panamint Dunes and Range
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![](ben_pix/dv04/pinto_valley_tiny.jpg) |
Pinto Valley from Mt. Hamblin
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Spring 2004
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![](ben_pix/fla041.tiny.jpg) |
The ship's log.
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![](ben_pix/fla042.tiny.jpg) |
Land ho!
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![](ben_pix/mv04_dune_jump.tiny.jpg) |
Dune jumper.
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![](ben_pix/mv04_smile.tiny.jpg) |
Oops, caught my smile.
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![](ben_pix/up_both.tiny.jpg) |
Two hands...
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![](ben_pix/up_one.tiny.jpg) |
One hand...
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![](ben_pix/up_none.tiny.jpg) |
No hands!...
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![](ben_pix/up_down.tiny.jpg) |
Hop on Pop!
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![](ben_pix/lp04_urchin.tiny.jpg) |
My spiny friend.
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![](ben_pix/lp04_bridge.tiny.jpg) |
King of the bridge!
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![](ben_pix/lp04_rope.tiny.jpg) |
Do it string!
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![](ben_pix/lp04_stream.tiny.jpg) |
Can I jump that?
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![](ben_pix/lp04_log.tiny.jpg) |
Make them walk the plank!
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![](ben_pix/lp04_naked.tiny.jpg) |
Naked running!
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![](ben_pix/lp04_pool.tiny.jpg) |
The big tide pools
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![](ben_pix/lp04_pumice.tiny.jpg) |
On the Pumice Plain
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Fall '04
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![](ben_pix/fall04_landsend.tiny.jpg) |
Land's end
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![](ben_pix/fall04_leaves.tiny.jpg) |
Where's Ben?
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![](ben_pix/fall04_handstand.tiny.jpg) |
Upside-down Ben!
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![](ben_pix/fall04_magnolia.tiny.jpg) |
In the ganolia tree.
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![](ben_pix/lapush05/Ben_close_tiny.JPG) |
Up close on the beach.
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![](ben_pix/lapush05/flying_leap_tiny.JPG) |
Flying leap!
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![](ben_pix/lapush05/rope_ladder_tiny.JPG) |
No help needed on the ropes this year.
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![](ben_pix/lapush05/swing_smile_tiny.JPG) |
Beach swing.
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![](ben_pix/lapush05/patio_tiny.JPG) |
Ben's beach fort patio.
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![](ben_pix/lapush05/wedding_rocks_tiny.JPG) |
Petroglyphs at Wedding Rocks
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![](ben_pix/lapush05/hidden_view_tiny.JPG) |
Dad takes this photo every year.
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![](ben_pix/lapush05/ben_logs_tiny.JPG) |
Another driftwood fort.
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![](ben_pix/lapush05/tidepool_climb_tiny.JPG) |
Return from World's Best Tidepools
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Low tide near Sand Point
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Tuscon Fall 2005
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![](ben_pix/tuscon05/ben_chris_tiny.JPG) |
Up high with dad.
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![](ben_pix/tuscon05/ben_cactus_tiny.JPG) |
Which is bigger, Mr. Cactus or...
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![](ben_pix/tuscon05/spiral_glyph_tiny.JPG) |
The famous spiral petroglyph.
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![](ben_pix/tuscon05/yucca_head_tiny.JPG) |
Spiney hair doo.
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![](ben_pix/tuscon05/ben_kathy_tiny.JPG) |
Way up on Santa Rita Peak.
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![](ben_pix/dv06/pinyon_view_tiny.jpg) |
Above Trail Canyon
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![](ben_pix/dv06/to_red_amphitheater_tiny.jpg) |
To the Red Amphitheater
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![](ben_pix/dv06/miner_ben_tiny.jpg) |
Am I a minor or a miner?
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![](ben_pix/dv06/salt_creek_tiny.jpg) |
Salt Creek
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![](ben_pix/dv06/dante_telescope_tiny.jpg) |
Snow on Telescope Peak
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![](ben_pix/dv06/four_stack_tiny.jpg) |
Stack of heads
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![](ben_pix/dv06/dante_north_view_tiny.jpg) |
North from Dante's View
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![](ben_pix/dv06/ryan_trestle_tiny.jpg) |
Ryan narrow gauge railway
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![](ben_pix/dv06/pinto_glyphs_tiny.jpg) |
Careful on the petroglyphs!
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![](ben_pix/dv06/four_cold_aguereberry_tiny.jpg) |
Four cold ones on Aguereberry Point
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![](ben_pix/dv06/aguereberry_sunset_tiny.jpg) |
Sunset, Agueregerry Point
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![](ben_pix/dv06/pinto_wash_tiny.jpg) |
Pinto Valley
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![](ben_pix/dv06/gypsum_sunray_tiny.jpg) |
Silverleaf Sunray in gypsum
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![](ben_pix/dv06/striped_ridge_tiny.jpg) |
Striped ridge, Panamint crest
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![](ben_pix/dv06/burned_wagons_tiny.jpg) |
Scenic "burned wagons" memorial
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![](ben_pix/dv06/mine_mouth_tiny.jpg) |
Searching for gems
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![](ben_pix/dv06/desert_drip_tiny.jpg) |
Dripping a castle with Kate
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![](ben_pix/lapush06/ben_red_urchin_tiny.jpg) |
Urchin with urchin
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![](ben_pix/lapush06/first_rocks_light_tiny.jpg) |
Sunset, first beach
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![](ben_pix/lapush06/two_hole_fog_tiny.jpg) |
Low tide, dense fog, Hole-in-Wall
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![](ben_pix/lapush06/fog_hole_close_tiny.jpg) |
Lifting fog at Hole-in-Wall
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![](ben_pix/lapush06/ben_hidden_rocks_tiny.jpg) |
Hidden Beach lunch
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![](ben_pix/lapush06/ben_log_sand_tiny.jpg) |
Walk the plank!
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![](ben_pix/lapush06/three_third_tiny.jpg) |
Morning, third beach
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![](ben_pix/lapush06/third_high_tiny.jpg) |
Third Beach
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![](ben_pix/lapush06/swing_06_tiny.jpg) |
The swing was still there.
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![](ben_pix/lapush06/scotts_bluff_ropes_tiny.jpg) |
Rope at Scotts Bluff
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![](ben_pix/lapush06/stream_06_tiny.jpg) |
Look at my channel!
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![](ben_pix/lapush06/hidden_high_south_tiny.jpg) |
Hidden Beach from Scotts Bluff
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![](ben_pix/lapush06/three_sand_tiny.jpg) |
Near Sand Point
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![](ben_pix/lapush06/ben_third_rock_tiny.jpg) |
Third Beach, low tide
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