Our first wildlife encounter of the weekend - a tarentula (note the reluctant look on Mike's face)
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The "before" shot
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(sorry, blurry) the "after" shot... (ie, after Mike hit the cr*p out of it with his sandal)
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Our campsite
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Another view
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We had to keep our food in closed, bear-proof containers...
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Another bear-proof container
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The guys with wood for the fire (look at the size of these pinecones!!)
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Josh and Sabine by a waterfall (right next to our campsite)
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Another reason why I take the pictures - Mike has shaky hands! :)
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Waterfall by our campsite
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Josh and Mike by the campsite
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Josh making breakfast
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1st try - Mike and some smoke
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2nd try - a little better, still smoky
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Saturday morning visitors
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Deers
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... and the hike begins!
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we start at the bottom...
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the goal: get to where the snow is
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How is there snow when it's 85 degrees outside anyway?
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Oooh, pretty!
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A torrent of melted snow...
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We passed several streams of water on our way up
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Mike's cool
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Another waterfall
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Climbing...
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... and climbing...
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... and climbing!
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Another nice waterfall in the mountain facing the one where we were hiking
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Taking a break
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Mike and Josh
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Green stuff! We must be getting close to the top!
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And then... we found SNOW!!! (look at the guys ready to get me with snowballs! Geez!)
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Joshie and Mike in the snow
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Beeno and Josh in the snow (and YES! Mike took the picture and it is NOT blurry!)
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Nice waterfall
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See if you can find me and Mike on this pic
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More of the same
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Clean water!
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Me and Mike!
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As I said: Mike, what's up with the blurry pics?
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Josh refilling our bottles with pure, fresh, ice-cold water
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(and it was really, really good)
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My pics end here (enough hiking for me!) - Mike took over the camera as he tried to reach the top
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Needless to say, when he saw this he decided that it wasn't worth rock-climbing to get to the top!
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Rocks everywhere
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Absolutely everywhere
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... as I said!
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Another pic Mike shot on his way up
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Enough of the rocks... Mike headed back down
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Mountain top
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Going back down
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The mountains
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Sunday morning
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Geez, Mike! Another blurry one!
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Blue skies
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View from the campsite
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Oh really? But, can we drive over them?
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Aparently, Mike thought we could... [note to you animal rights activists: the roadkill was NOT intentional]
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Helo we saw on the way back
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One brave helo pilot - not a whole lot of room for error in this tight canyon!
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Helo
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